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Aug 12 2023

More on the Delusional Renewable Energy Disaster

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
More data and analysis on the real costs of the delusional push for renewable energy.
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Aug 11 2023

Understanding Inflation and the Pace of the Economy

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The money supply and the velocity of money are critical data to track to help understand economic trends.
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Aug 10 2023

More Detail on What Is Happening in the Economy

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Consumer spending is likely headed for a slowdown, which in turn will lead to far lower economic growth, if not a recession.
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Aug 09 2023

A Boring Health Care Research Post

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A small change in how many chemotherapy drugs are prescribed could save lots of money for payers.
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Aug 08 2023

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 218

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
All caught up now with CV-19-related research.
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Aug 07 2023

Health Care Spending and Inflation

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Health care spending is continuing a strong rise, but price data is likely understating true growth.
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Aug 07 2023

The Strib Notices that the State Is Losing Young People

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The flood of people, including college students, fleeing Minnesota becomes too large for even the Dem house organ, the Star Tribune, to ignore.
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Aug 06 2023

CV-19 Vaccines and Vaccine Safety

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
An update on vax effectiveness and safety research.
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Aug 05 2023

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 217

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Let a couple of weeks go by and a surprising amount of research is published. Take a couple of posts to catch up.
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Aug 04 2023

I Am in Doomsday Mode, Updated

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
The news supports my generally negative view of the country's fate.
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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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Research

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

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
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

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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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