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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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Nov 06 2023

Suicide Increases

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Suicide rates among younger Americans have been rising for two decades and the reason is obvious.
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Nov 05 2023

Venture Capital in the 3rd Quarter of 2023

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Venture funding has decreased at a significant pace in recent quarters, but there is a lot of capital available for future rounds.
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Nov 03 2023

Why Worry About a Little Lead?

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Minnesota DOH is good at terrorizing and it attempts to scare parents about lead in a fruit pouch when they should be worried about the toxic garbage being taught their…
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Nov 03 2023

Ooops, the Labor Statistics Mirages Comes to a Crashing Halt

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Even the BLS can only levitate false job numbers for so long.
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Nov 03 2023

Lies About Renewable Energy Costs

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Minnesota's electricity rates are soaring as so-called inexpensive, "renewable" energy replaces more reliable cheap sources of electricity.
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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

There is some weird angle here, as Angle Health raises $600 million in a new capital round, but it appears some of it is to provide liquidity to existing shareholders....
September 22, 2026
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

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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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