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Nov 13 2023

Unintended Consequences of Dumb Public Health Policies

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
The CDC and other public health agencies wrongful pushing of and lies about CV-19 vax effectiveness are leading to a decline in routine childhood immunizations.
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Nov 10 2023

Energy Subsidies

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
Supposedly cheap renewable energy requires massive, and unsustainable, subsidies, and producers want even bigger ones.
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Nov 09 2023

A Late Night Note on Treasury Notes

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A disastrous 30 year Treasury bond auction bodes ill for the future of interest rates.
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Nov 09 2023

Your Education Dollars at W(aste)ork

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Public schools waste increasing amounts of your tax dollars on staff and administration, which learning disappears, and it is all due to the politicization of universities.
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Nov 08 2023

Anarctica Ice Is Melting, But then it Always Does

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The part of Antarctica where catastrophic ice melting is supposedly occurring, has actually cooled over the last 20 years.
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Nov 08 2023

Hate Crimes

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Official statistics give some indication of where hate is actually directed, but understate the problem and a bigger issue is which groups are engaging in this behavior.
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Nov 07 2023

Wind and Whales and Whoppers

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The National Academy of Sciences ducks its responsibility to forthrightly assign severe ocean environment harms to offshore wind farms.
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Nov 07 2023

Dope, Including Pot, Makes You a Dope and Makes You Dead Faster

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Marijuana has very substantial health issues associated with use, but that doesn't matter to legislators who get lots of contributions from the industry.
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Nov 07 2023

If You Think Today’s Temperatures Are Unprecedented, They Aren’t

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Longer term temperature reconstructions tell a story climate hysterics don't want to hear.
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Nov 06 2023

Medicare’s Bizarre Physician Fee Schedule Change

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Medicare is cutting physician reimbursement, which is contrary to obvious cost increases incurred by these physicians in providing services.
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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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