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Jul 05 2023

More Doomsday Material, Straight from the Federal Government

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A report from the Congressional Budget Office shows how dire our fiscal situation is, and our spendthrift Congress is incapable of addressing the danger.
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Jul 04 2023

A Fourth of July Prayer

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Happy Independence Day and spend a moment contemplating your good fortune and how to preserve it for future generations.
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Jul 04 2023

Physician-owned Hospitals

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Physician-owned hospitals charge far less than other facilities, which is likely why they have been opposed.
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Jul 03 2023

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 214

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A holiday treat of more CV-19 research summaries.
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Jul 02 2023

Medicare Advantage and Those with Chronic Illnesses

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Less-healthy Medicare beneficiaries appear to feel that Medicare Advantage plans address their needs just fine.
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Jul 01 2023

A Weird Factoid for Your Holiday Enjoyment

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
New research continues to suggest that some vaccinations may limit dementia risk, indicating a pathogen link to the disease.
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Jul 01 2023

I Love Doomsday Material

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Our national debt will strangle us.
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Jul 01 2023

Another Projection of Medical Costs for Employee Plans in 2024

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
More health care inflation is on the way.
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Jul 01 2023

?Que Es Mas Atractivo? Florida o California?

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A poll from California helps explain why so many people are fleeing its uber-progressive insanity.
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Jun 30 2023

Climate Models Are About as Good as Epidemic Ones

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A leading climate model has bad outputs and embedded work-arounds and simply shouldn't be used.
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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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