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Jan 03 2023

Anyone Who Questions Climate “Science” Has to Hide It

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Some research casting doubt on the climate emergency scam manages to somehow filter its way into the public's eye.
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Jan 02 2023

Racism in Health Care

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Another trash research paper with a racial orientation, which is all woke medicine cares about.
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Jan 02 2023

A Slight Diversion on the Excess Death Topic

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Some causes seeing increased deaths are just beyond tragic, and are the fault of our dodo progressive politicians.
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Jan 02 2023

Direct-to-Consumer Advertising and Health Spending

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Drug company advertising not only raises the use and cost of drugs, it forces more spending on physician visits.
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Jan 01 2023

What Devilment Will Occur in 2023?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Not sure 2023 will be any better than 2022. Waiting for DeSantis 2024.
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Dec 31 2022

The Year in Review

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
2022 was a year of retrogression for humanity and for the United States. We have no one to blame but ourselves; or well really, that part of us that buys…
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Dec 31 2022

The Alarming Cost of New Drugs

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
If just a few very high-priced treatments were subjected to value-based pricing, tens of billions of dollars might be saved.
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Dec 31 2022

Excess Mortality Studies

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A relatively easy to read paper provides excellent background on calculating excess deaths.
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Dec 31 2022

Year-Over-Year Chart, Year-end Edition

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Another full year of epidemic hysteria has passed and I keep waiting for it to completely subside.
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Dec 31 2022

Breakthrough Events, December 29

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The last breakthrough event post of the year, and no significant trend change.
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Dec 30 2022

Vaccine Protection Versus Natural Infection Responses

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A vaccine effectiveness study among the elderly in Canada also demonstrates the strong protection from prior infection.
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Dec 30 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 183

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The year winds down, but not my research summaries.
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Dec 29 2022

Minnesota Excess Death Analysis, Part 4

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another in the ongoing series attempting to ascertain if there is a trend in mortality in Minnesota and what those trends are by age and cause.
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Dec 29 2022

Minnesota Excess Death Analysis, Part 3

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A look at per capita death rates by age group over the last few years.
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Dec 29 2022

Minnesota Excess Death Analysis, Part 2

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Part two of our analysis to see if there have been recent excess deaths in Minnesota and if so, in what age groups and from what causes.
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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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This isn’t really surprising, given what you can see in employment and other reports.  Minnesota is one of the state’s viewed as having a bad economy, one that is either...
December 23, 2025
Angle Health, a vendor of a supposedly artificial intelligence powered health benefits platform for employers raised $134 million in new capital.  All you have to do is mention AI and...
December 4, 2025
Reema Health, which calls itself a complex care management company, reamed investors for $19 million in capital, to be used for the usual “to support growth”.  The firm works with...
December 2, 2025
Press Ganey, which provides market research for health plans and providers , is being purchased by health care survey firm Qualtrics for $6.75 billion.  Both companies claim this is all...
October 6, 2025

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About This Blog

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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