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Jun 03 2023

More Environmental Misinformation

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Environmentalists lie, period, they lie, all the time, about everything, especially in regard to climate.
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Jun 01 2023

More Examples of Why Health Care Costs Are High

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A couple of pieces on prices for services in different treatment settings and physician compensation trends.
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May 31 2023

Medical Inflation is Real

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A long-running report on the health care costs of a typical family reveals higher growth in 2023.
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May 31 2023

The Damage from the Epidemic Response

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A great paper summarizes the harms from the epidemic response.
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May 30 2023

Whacko Progressives Really Are Violent Authoritarians

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Research for once accords with common sense, extreme progressives are in fact narcissistic, violent authoritarians.
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May 30 2023

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 212

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A few more notable pieces of research for your late spring edification.
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May 30 2023

The CV-19 and Vax Lies Continue

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Three pieces of misleading research or at least reporting of research indicate why science is on shaky ground.
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May 29 2023

Expect More of This

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Minnesota's suicide rate has risen by 40% in twenty years. Democrats have been in charge almost all of this time. Draw your own conclusions.
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May 29 2023

Some Quick Climate News

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
CO2 and temperature have a complex relationship and the Arctic isn't going through unprecendented warmth.
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May 29 2023

The Latest Economic News

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The latest government data shows that prices continue to rise faster than income, as Americans fall further and further behind on their standard of living.
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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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