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Sep 20 2023

This Review Will Get Slammed by Scientific American Too

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
The authors of the mask review Scientific American wrongly impugned have now gone after lockdowns.
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Sep 19 2023

Scientific American Is Not Scientific

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
A Scientific American editorial reveals nothing about masks but a lot about the ideology-driven nature of the US "science" establishment.
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Sep 19 2023

The Real Problem With DEI Programs

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A WSJ op-ed is spectacularly wrong about the problems with corporate DEI programs.
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Sep 18 2023

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 223

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Even from far across the ocean, the research summaries continue their steady distribution.
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Sep 17 2023

A Report From Tasmania

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Tasmania is a beautiful and wild place, with many of the same social problems facing the US.
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Sep 16 2023

Medicare Advantage and Cancer

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Medicare Advantage plans catch cancer earlier and reduce costs related to cancer care for members.
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Sep 16 2023

More Evidence of Health Care Inflation

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Health care services and health insurance premiums are rising at a good clip that will keep pressure on overall inflation.
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Sep 15 2023

Inflation, Real Incomes and the Economy

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Real incomes are crashing in the US ever since our senile President was elected.
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Sep 14 2023

Uhhh, Wait, You Mean It Has Been This Warm and Dry Before?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Our country and the world have frequently experienced periods of greater warmth and drought than we now are seeing.
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Sep 13 2023

Vertical Consolidation of Health Care Providers Is Not Cost-Saving

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Hospital system purchases of physician practices raises spending and does little to improve quality of care.
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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

Health care is a big part of the economy so investment dollars tend to flow there, not always wisely.  There is alot of gibberish in this press release from Pearl...
July 9, 2026
InStride Health hit the ground running, well maybe walking, as it raised $30 million in additional capital for its pediatric mental health business.  Children’s mental health would be just fine...
June 17, 2026
GoHealth is another of those excessively valued health startups that was always destined to flounder and not it has filed bankruptcy and the company will be turned over to lenders....
June 8, 2026
Garner Health isn’t gathering any accolades from me, as it raises a new round of $100 million in capital at about a $2.5 billion valuation.   The company supposedly steers...
June 2, 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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