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Jan 07 2024

Another Detour to Our Supposed Primary Health Care Focus

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Projects that were designed to save money for Medicare and Medicaid instead ended up leading to higher spending.
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Jan 06 2024

Reading Wenner in Florida

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Reading Jann Wenner, the Rolling Stone magazine founder's, memoir, in Florida, paints a stark contrast between elitist behavior and views and the practical outcomes of conservative governance.
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Jan 05 2024

A Quick Jobs Report Note (Updated)

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Another fake initial jobs numbers release for December, with November and October's prior jobs being revised sharply downward. Typical pattern from the Bidementia group.
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Jan 04 2024

Renewable Energy Is a Disaster

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Even with big subsidies, renewable energy projects are not viable.
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Jan 04 2024

The Latest Jobs Data Follies

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another unpleasant jobs related report, which likely is only the start.
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Jan 03 2024

Discrimination and the Perception of Discrimination

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An older study reiminds us that people will think they are discriminated against if you tell them they have a characteristic which may be viewed disfavorably.
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Jan 02 2024

Coronamonomania Lives Forever (at least until 2024), Part 235 (Vax Edition)

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
A vax heavy set of research summaries.
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Jan 02 2024

Coronamonomania Lasts Forever, Part 234

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A quick update on a few pieces of research.
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Jan 01 2024

Meet the New Year, Same as the Old Year, Don’t Get Fooled Again

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
The new year starts out with a number of dismal stories.
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Dec 31 2023

Once More Into the Excess Deaths Morass

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Two recent papers display a more sophisticated approach to analyzing excess deaths during the epidemic.
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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

More AI craziness in health care.  A company called H1 is buying Defacto Health for God-knows how much money.  Both companies claim an AI background and to help with “provider...
September 11, 2026
To show you how AI fever has infected every part of the investing world, this company, Forus, raised $150 million in new capital at a $3 billion valuation by saying...
September 9, 2026
Thyme Care decides its time to party, spicing up its business with a fresh $125 million in capital, with a valuation of over $2 billion.  The company helps manage cancer...
September 3, 2026
Virtual physical therapy company Sword Health sticks it to shareholders by acquiring virtual mental health company Headspace in an all cash deal valued at somewhere between $200 million and $300...
August 29, 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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