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May 19 2023

Young People’s Deaths in America

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Deaths among young Americans have increased dramatically, driven by the policies of one political party. Don't expect change anytime soon.
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May 16 2023

An Economic Slowdown, Recession, Crash? Is Coming

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
Everything points to a serious economic downturn over the next year.
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May 16 2023

Event Rates by Vax Status, Ages 50 to 64

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Updated and revised analysis of events in the 50-64 age group.
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May 16 2023

Event Rates by Vax Status, Age 65 and Over

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The final set of detailed event analysis for the 65 and over age group.
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May 15 2023

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 211

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Probably keep doing research summaries for a few more weeks.
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May 14 2023

Hospitals Made Out Like Bandits During the Epidemic, Because They Are

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A new report demonstrates how well many institutions did during the epidemic and how excessive their management compensation is.
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May 14 2023

How Much CO2 Is Human-produced and How Much Is Natural?

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A paper finds that humans are unlikely to have caused a substantial portion of the increase in CO2 which is supposedly behind the non-existent global warming.
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May 11 2023

Electricity Prices in the US, California and Minnesota

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A look at California's electricity prices, by far the highest in the country, shows the future for Minnesota.
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May 10 2023

The Last Year-Over-Year Chart

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The ultimate big picture chart for the epidemic.
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May 08 2023

A Little Energy and A Little Climate

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Even Biden Administration officials are predicting an electricity crisis and wind farms probably cause drought.
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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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