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Jun 28 2023

And You Thought I Was Kidding

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Minnesota is a sick, sick state.
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Jun 27 2023

A New Candidate for Dumbest Piece of Research

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A piece of such obvious partisan hackery should never be published, but in today's environment it is created with open arms.
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Jun 26 2023

Minnesota’s Inevitable Decline Is Just Beginning

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
More evidence of Minnesota and Minneapolis' decline.
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Jun 26 2023

Happy Late Fathers’ Day

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Fatherlessness is a real epidemic with horrifying consequences; it is also morally despicable.
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Jun 24 2023

What Systemic Racism in Law Enforcement?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Minnesota is racist in law enforcement all right--one group largely gets a free pass despite disproportionately being responsible for criminal activity.
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Jun 23 2023

A Visual Look at Our Fiscal Quandry

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Maybe seeing how bad our deficit and debt are will make a difference, but I doubt it.
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Jun 23 2023

How to Lie With Graphs

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Environmentalist loonies caught with another of their graphing tricks in regard to ice loss.
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Jun 23 2023

The Earth Is Burning Up and There is Drought Everywhere

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Contary to what you might read, there is nothing unusual about recent dry spells.
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Jun 22 2023

Hospital Pricing

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Hospital pricing is arcane and opaque, but as usual relative market power influences price levels.
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Jun 21 2023

Some Medicare Advantage Research

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Medicare Advantage is likely more efficient and provides better quality of care than does traditional Medicare.
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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

Mental health is a very hot health care investment area.  Talkiatry raised $210 million in new capital for its virtual mental health services which utilizes employed psychiatrists, psychologists and other...
February 13, 2026
Investors can take comfort in Solace Health, which provides “advocates” to members in health plans, as it raises a fresh $130 million in capital, which takes its alleged value over...
February 11, 2026
Two health care companies moving in opposite directions reported financial results.  Hinge Health, which offers musculoskeletal condition services, reported strong revenue and earnings growth and projected continued rapid rises in...
February 11, 2026
And here is why I often wonder what investors are thinking when they make large investments in companies with dubious businesses.  Carbon Health was going to open hundreds of primary...
February 5, 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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