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Apr 10 2023

April 2023 CV-19 Data Update

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Another month of data shows the ongoing decline in CV-19 cases, which probably reflects reporting trends as much as real infections.
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Apr 08 2023

Why Health System Consolidation Is Bad for Consumers

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Hospital/physician practice integration raises costs with no countervailing improvement in quality.
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Apr 07 2023

A Mindless Mindfulness Exercise

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Another supposedly great health intervention bites the dust.
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Apr 06 2023

Another Example of Why You Can’t Trust Most Climate “Data”

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An interesting question is why the climate "experts" don't seem to want good quality temperature data.
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Apr 06 2023

Who Owns Little Timmy Walz and Minnesota Policy?

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The Minnesota DFL and Little Timmy Walz are owned by the government employee unions and rich ideologues.
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Apr 05 2023

The Phony Job Numbers Begin to Reverse

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Even the federal government can only lie about the state of the labor market for so long.
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Apr 05 2023

Woke Medicine Kills

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Woke medicine means lower quality clinicians and worse outcomes for patients.
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Apr 04 2023

More on Health Care Utilization, Spending and Prices

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
And interesting look at trends in utilization and costs of visits to non-traditional sites of care, such as retail clinics, urgent care centers and ERs.
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Apr 03 2023

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 203

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The national championship for research summaries continues with no end in sight.
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Apr 02 2023

Using Research to Lie

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Health care is unfortunately full of false research and it harms patients.
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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

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This isn’t really surprising, given what you can see in employment and other reports.  Minnesota is one of the state’s viewed as having a bad economy, one that is either...
December 23, 2025
Angle Health, a vendor of a supposedly artificial intelligence powered health benefits platform for employers raised $134 million in new capital.  All you have to do is mention AI and...
December 4, 2025
Reema Health, which calls itself a complex care management company, reamed investors for $19 million in capital, to be used for the usual “to support growth”.  The firm works with...
December 2, 2025
Press Ganey, which provides market research for health plans and providers , is being purchased by health care survey firm Qualtrics for $6.75 billion.  Both companies claim this is all...
October 6, 2025

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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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