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Sep 29 2023

Yet More Economic Data Revisions

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Revised economic data paints a much weaker picture of the economy than did initial releases.
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Sep 28 2023

Woke Health Care Is Deadly Health Care

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Minnesota's hospitals inexcusably kill and injure a number of patients every year, and DEI is likely one cause.
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Sep 27 2023

Inflation and High Interest Rates Are Here to Stay

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The new reality of higher inflation and interest rates for an extended period, and the consequent economic damage, is settling in.
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Sep 27 2023

The Renewable Energy Scam Is Just Ludicrous

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
In a hilarious example of karma, governors (all Dems) of states with offshore wind farm projects are begging for even more federal funding, complaining about inflation and regulatory delays that…
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Sep 26 2023

Minnesota Goes All-in To Indoctrinate Students to Be Whacked Progressive Voters

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Minnesota whacked Dems are using education to keep the pool of future pro(re)gressive voters growing.
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Sep 24 2023

Relative Spending and Utilization for Medicare Advantage Plans

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Medicare Advantage plans have lower utilization and spending than does the Medicare fee-for-service program.
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Sep 23 2023

Stop-loss Insurance Claims for Self-funded Employers

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A report on stop-loss insurance reveals increases in number of claims and average cost of a claim.
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Sep 22 2023

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 224

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
From far across the Pacific comes yet another set of summaries, just like the virus.
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Sep 20 2023

How Not to Fix the Educational Crisis

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A report proposing to address serious issues with our educational system instead demonstrates exactly why it is screwed up to begin with. It is all about ideology.
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Sep 20 2023

This Review Will Get Slammed by Scientific American Too

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
The authors of the mask review Scientific American wrongly impugned have now gone after lockdowns.
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Sep 19 2023

Scientific American Is Not Scientific

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
A Scientific American editorial reveals nothing about masks but a lot about the ideology-driven nature of the US "science" establishment.
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Sep 19 2023

The Real Problem With DEI Programs

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A WSJ op-ed is spectacularly wrong about the problems with corporate DEI programs.
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Sep 18 2023

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 223

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Even from far across the ocean, the research summaries continue their steady distribution.
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Sep 17 2023

A Report From Tasmania

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Tasmania is a beautiful and wild place, with many of the same social problems facing the US.
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Sep 16 2023

Medicare Advantage and Cancer

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Medicare Advantage plans catch cancer earlier and reduce costs related to cancer care for members.
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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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Another company whose valuation I don’t understand, Oura Health which makes the ring that supposedly tracks all kinds of health-related data for people, is acquiring a company called Counsel Health...
November 10, 2026
Cencora, formerly Amerisource Bergen, a large drug wholesaler, is acquiring a greater equity stake in American Oncology Network.  All three of the major drug wholesalers have interests in oncology companies....
October 22, 2026
There is some weird angle here, as Angle Health raises $600 million in a new capital round, but it appears some of it is to provide liquidity to existing shareholders....
September 22, 2026
More AI craziness in health care.  A company called H1 is buying Defacto Health for God-knows how much money.  Both companies claim an AI background and to help with “provider...
September 11, 2026

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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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