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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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May 07 2023

The End of the End

By Kevin Roche Commentary 24 Comments
This week will see the end of the CV-19 epidemic-related tables and charts on Minnesota data, but the blog will carry on.
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May 06 2023

The Truth About Historic Temperatures and CO2 Levels

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Ice cores reveal the inconvenient truth that temperatures have been significantly higher in the past and CO2 levels don't appear to be the dominant factor in temperature level.
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May 06 2023

Adding More Fuel to the Youth Mental Health Crisis

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Minnesota passes an extreme cannibis legalization bill, ensuring higher rates of schizophrenia among teens and young adults.
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May 05 2023

The Employment Number Games Continue–Updated

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The jobs numbers are phony, until revised, productivity is declining and unit labor costs are rising. The economy sucks.
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May 05 2023

More Climate Nonsense Debunked

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Sea levels are rising incredibly slowly, are not accelerating, and don't threaten our coasts, but whacko-environmentalists spread their lies anyway.
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May 05 2023

Hospital-Acquired Infections

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Infections are being contracted in a hospital at an increasing rate, endangering patient health.
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May 04 2023

Little Timmy’s Lies Can’t Hide Minnesota’s Decline

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Yay, we are number 48, as Dems destroy Miinnesota's economy, our outlook is one of the worst in the country and our quality of life is declining.
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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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