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Oct 14 2022

Electricity Prices Through July

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Electricity prices are soaring, but sure buy an electric car and save money.
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Oct 13 2022

Our Inflationary and Economic Mess

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Another month, another horrendous inflation report. Expect more in coming months, coupled with a no-growth economy.
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Oct 12 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 167

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Basically some commentary and a summary of two great papers on the effects of lockdowns.
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Oct 12 2022

More Boosters? Why?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Despite the pimping of additional vax boosters, there is limited if any evidence to justify that practice.
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Oct 11 2022

Prescription Drug Spending and Prices

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Drug spending is soaring because of prices on brand-name products and specialty medications. The patent system should be used to rein it in.
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Oct 11 2022

A Reader’s Comment on Woke Medicine

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
A reader's comment illuminates the greatest risk from woke health care.
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Oct 11 2022

More on Health Care Inflation

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Health care inflation is just starting to let it rip, more bad news for consumers.
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Oct 10 2022

Woke Progressives Are Racist to the Core

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The Los Angeles City Council thoughtfully gives us recorded evidence of progressive racism.
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Oct 10 2022

The Impending Woke Medicine Disaster

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
The horrendous filth of woke medicine reaches deep into the University of Minnesota medical school.
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Oct 10 2022

Breakthrough Events, October 6, Ages 65 and Over

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
In the very oldest group, being boosted does limit infections and hospitalization, but not vax alone.
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Oct 10 2022

Breakthrough Events, October 6, Ages 50 to 64

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Being either vaxed or vaxed and boosted appears to have little impact on infection risk for this group, but does limit hospitalization.
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Oct 10 2022

Breakthrough Events, October 6, Ages 18 to 49

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
For this age group, being boosted seems to increase the likelihood of infection, but limits risk of hospitalization.
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Oct 10 2022

Breakthrough Events, October 6, Ages 12 to 17

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Minimal effect of vax in this age group.
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Oct 10 2022

Breakthrough Events, October 6, Ages 5 to 11

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Vax provide no protection against infection for this age group.
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Oct 10 2022

Year-Over-Year Charts, October 6

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
One more look at the entirety timeline of the epidemic.
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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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