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Sep 10 2023

Yet More Evidence of Contamination of Temperature Data by the Urban Heat Effect

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Much of the supposed global warming is merely the heat effect of urban areas on thermometer measurements, this study says " the scientific community is not yet in a position…
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Sep 09 2023

Hospital-Acquired CV-19

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A new study shows that getting CV-19 in the hospital wasn't all that rare.
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Sep 08 2023

Medicare Advantage Plan Switching

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Medicare Advantage plans have high rates of disenrollment after five years, but those who leave almost always go to another MA plan, suggesting high satisfaction with the program.
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Sep 07 2023

Marijuana Is Not Benign

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Bought-off legislators are approving marijuana legalization and ignoring the multiple harms caused by use, including traffic accidents.
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Sep 07 2023

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 222

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another set of summaries in the declining but still significant body of CV-19 research.
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Sep 05 2023

How Dangerous Was Asymptomatic CV-19?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A study in which people were intentionally exposed to CV-19 finds that those who were infected but asymptomatic exhaled very low levels of virus and were unlikely to be a…
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Sep 05 2023

Climate Hysteria Feeds on Ignorance

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
It may be that actually knowing something about climate lessens the likelihood that you are anxious about mythical global warming.
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Sep 04 2023

The Role of Clouds in Weather and Climate

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
An excellent climate-related post demonstrates that clouds likely act to limit any warming which might be occurring.
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Sep 03 2023

Some Tidbits on the Employer Health Benefits Market

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Employers provide the health benefits for the largest block of Americans. Here are some interesting data points on those plans.
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Sep 02 2023

Another Study That VSNs Are Distorting, This Time About the Persistence of Vax Protein

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The anti-vax nuts are making more noise about a study that as usual doesn't say any of the things they say it says.
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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

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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