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Jul 16 2023

Crazy People Lie About Gender Treatments

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Those pushing to make money by destroying children's lives are sharply rebutted by doctors who actually believe in science.
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Jul 15 2023

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 215

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
I am in Denmark but I still crank out an impacts of the lockdown heavy research summary.
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Jul 14 2023

Private Equity Ownership of Physician Practices

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A report focuses on the price effects of financial buyers owning physician practices.
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Jul 13 2023

More on Health Spending Trends

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An interesting tool from the Health Care Cost Institute allows examination of health spending trends and factors in many urban areas of the US.
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Jul 12 2023

Gender Disaffirmation and Sexual Mutilation, Part VI , What’s It All About

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
A summary of what the gender disaffirmation and sexual mutilation of children movement is really all about.
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Jul 11 2023

Gender Disaffirmation and Sexual Mutilation, Part 5 What Should You Do

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Please get involved to protect children and support organizations that are doing the same.
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Jul 10 2023

Gender Disaffirmation and Sexual Mutilation, Part 4, What Other Countries Do

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The United State is an outlier in ignoring the evidence and allowing ideology to justify the sexual mutilation of children.
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Jul 09 2023

Gender Disaffirmation and Sexual Mutilation, Part 3–The Research

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A review of sex mutilation research finds no benefits and lots of risks.
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Jul 08 2023

Gender Disaffirmation and Sexual Mutilation–Part 2, How Did We Get Here?

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Gender ideology is spread because it makes money for some groups, it leads to political power and because teachers can't teach the basics.
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Jul 07 2023

The Ongoing Saga of Goofy Employment Numbers

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Today's job number release from BLS is a slight return to reality.
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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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