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Mar 24 2023

A Couple of Health Care Notes

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A couple of pieces of health care research focus on high health care spending and its causes.
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Mar 21 2023

Minnesota’s New Energy Insanity, Part 7

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Minnesota is a particularly poor place to rely on solar power, but other states aren't really that much better.
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Mar 21 2023

A Quick SVB Follow-up

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
As I suspected, the SVB saga is primarily one of regulatory malfeasance, coupled with political machinations.
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Mar 19 2023

Tom Frieden Speaks in the WSJ

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
A public health expert writes an article for the WSJ which amply demonstrates why Americans have such high distrust of these "experts".
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Mar 19 2023

Why Ukraine Matters

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
Not supporting Ukraine is asking for far worse conflicts in the future.
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Mar 19 2023

Tim Walz’ Minnesota Sucks

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
I am in the free state of Florida right now, but my home state is unfortunately the woefully misled Minnesota.
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Mar 17 2023

Minnesota’s New Energy Insanity, Part 6

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
Minnesota is shutting down way more generating capacity than it is building in renewable.
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Mar 16 2023

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 200

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Spring may never come to Minnesota but my research summaries bloom forever.
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Mar 16 2023

People Are Ignorant and Illogical

By Kevin Roche Commentary 10 Comments
It is disappointing to see conservatives being so dumb about the Silicon Valley Bank situation.
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Mar 13 2023

People Are Not Rational

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
SVB is a tale of human irrationality and the pernicious effect of woke ideology.
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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

Mental health is a very hot health care investment area.  Talkiatry raised $210 million in new capital for its virtual mental health services which utilizes employed psychiatrists, psychologists and other...
February 13, 2026
Investors can take comfort in Solace Health, which provides “advocates” to members in health plans, as it raises a fresh $130 million in capital, which takes its alleged value over...
February 11, 2026
Two health care companies moving in opposite directions reported financial results.  Hinge Health, which offers musculoskeletal condition services, reported strong revenue and earnings growth and projected continued rapid rises in...
February 11, 2026
And here is why I often wonder what investors are thinking when they make large investments in companies with dubious businesses.  Carbon Health was going to open hundreds of primary...
February 5, 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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