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Oct 07 2023

Yet Another Month of Bogus Job Numbers

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another month of goofy Bureau of Labor Statistics job numbers.
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Oct 04 2023

Electric Cars for Everyone, so Rich People Can Get Richer

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Everything about electric cars is expensive, including insurance, but rich people get richer from them.
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Oct 03 2023

Minnesota’s Modeling Nightmare

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Minnesota finally wants to figure out how epidemic modeling was so bad, but the Strib isn't interested in my thoughts on the matter.
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Oct 03 2023

Reality Intrudes Again on the Renewable Energy Delusion

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Solar and wind power are the most expensive forms of electricity and the cost of storage to make them even partly reliable will add enourmously to consumers electric bills.
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Oct 03 2023

Matt Gaetz Is an Asshole

By Kevin Roche Commentary 15 Comments
A Congressman from Florida is a repellant jackass who is helping the whacked Dems.
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Oct 02 2023

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 226

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Once more into the research breach, lockdowns, masks, et al.
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Oct 01 2023

More Climate Research that the Hysterics Won’t Like

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A few climate notes as the truth-tellers somehow manage to penetrate that attempted censorship of the climate hysterics.
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Oct 01 2023

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 225

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Interesting research continues to appear and I will keep summarizing it for you.
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Sep 29 2023

Pay No Attention to Those Pesky Climate “Denialists”

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Losses from tornadoes have actually trended down in recent decades when adjusted for inflation, population growth and other relevant factors.
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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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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

Headlines

A company called Whoop raised a ridiculous $575 million in new capital at a supposed $10 billion valuation.  The press release was released on April 1, so I would like...
April 5, 2026
Big deals continue in health care financings.  eMed, which manages weight loss medications for employers, raises a hefty $200 million, giving it a valuation of $2 billion, which seems crazy....
March 31, 2026
Color Turquoise Health happy, as it raises $40 million in new capital to support an expansion of its business from price transparency to managing contracts for providers.  Unfortunately the price...
March 18, 2026
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

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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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