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Jun 01 2023

More Examples of Why Health Care Costs Are High

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A couple of pieces on prices for services in different treatment settings and physician compensation trends.
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May 31 2023

Medical Inflation is Real

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A long-running report on the health care costs of a typical family reveals higher growth in 2023.
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May 31 2023

The Damage from the Epidemic Response

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A great paper summarizes the harms from the epidemic response.
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May 30 2023

Whacko Progressives Really Are Violent Authoritarians

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Research for once accords with common sense, extreme progressives are in fact narcissistic, violent authoritarians.
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May 30 2023

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 212

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A few more notable pieces of research for your late spring edification.
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May 30 2023

The CV-19 and Vax Lies Continue

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Three pieces of misleading research or at least reporting of research indicate why science is on shaky ground.
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May 29 2023

Expect More of This

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Minnesota's suicide rate has risen by 40% in twenty years. Democrats have been in charge almost all of this time. Draw your own conclusions.
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May 29 2023

Some Quick Climate News

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
CO2 and temperature have a complex relationship and the Arctic isn't going through unprecendented warmth.
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May 29 2023

The Latest Economic News

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The latest government data shows that prices continue to rise faster than income, as Americans fall further and further behind on their standard of living.
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May 29 2023

Remembering Those Who Truly Sacrificed

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Today we should spend time reflecting on those who served and suffered to protect our country.
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May 26 2023

High Cost Claims for Health Care Payers

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An annual report from Sun Life gives a glimpse into high cost claims in employer-sponsored health plans.
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May 25 2023

The Ruination of Minnesota Continued

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
A prominent Minnesota businessman says bye, bye to nutso-land.
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May 24 2023

“Science” Is Often Fake

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
An amazing 25% of all scientific papers are likely to be fake, according to a new study.
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May 23 2023

Maybe Natural Cycles Cause Climate Variation–Nah That Can’t Be

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
It is pretty clear that the interaction of various components of Earth's orbital dynamics are responsible for major climate shifts, and that CO2 levels have little to do with the…
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May 23 2023

Time to Stop the Systemic Discrimination Nonsense

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A study of discrimination against women in science finds little evidence that it exists. The introduction is a must-read.
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Kevin RocheThe Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.

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This is an outstanding report on total global drug spending and trends, with projections out to 2025.  It helps you understand this important area of health care, which does much...
June 1, 2021
The Office of the Actuary annual report on national health spending, covering 2018.
December 7, 2019
2019 Kaiser Family Foundation Employer Health Benefits Report
October 1, 2019
MedPAC 2019 Report to Congress
June 18, 2019

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Eight Sleep, another one of those weird names that litter health care, raised a new round of capital which supposedly values the company at $1.5 billion.  Eight Sleep sells sleep...
March 10, 2026
Simplistically, high health spending is due to high hospital prices, which is due to excessive market power.  An article shows just how concentrated most US hospital markets are.   In...
March 10, 2026
Mental health companies are very hot.  Virtual mental health services provider Talkspace is being bought by hospital operator Universal Health for around $835 million, a high multiple of revenue and...
March 10, 2026
There are so many health care companies that people struggle to come up with names and we end with weird stuff like Grow Therapy, which nonetheless raised $150 million to...
March 4, 2026

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The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry through Roche Consulting, LLC. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com. © Roche Consulting, LLC. Terms of Use.

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