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Apr 25 2023

Minnesota Contributes to DEI Fraudulent Research

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Professors at the University of Minnesota make their contribution to fraudulent DEI research.
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Apr 23 2023

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 205

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A Sunday catchup on CV-19 research, with the usual multiplicity of topics.
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Apr 22 2023

Return to (In)sanity

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
American and Minnesota are going tube city quickly.
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Apr 20 2023

Unemployment Claims Revisions

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
A chart shows just how fake the initial BLS unemployment claims numbers are.
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Apr 20 2023

Weather Deaths

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Weather related deaths are actually decreasing.
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Apr 19 2023

Why Republicans Should Refuse to Raise the Debt Limit Without Massive Spending Reductions

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
2023 is experiencing a far higher federal budget deficit than originally forecast. We have to stop spending.
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Apr 19 2023

Value-Based Comprehensive Primary Care in Action

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Comprehensive primary care initiatives may not be achieving either reductions in spending or improvements in quality.
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Apr 17 2023

Reference-Based Pricing and Provider Network Size

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Trying to get provider network composition right bedevils payers.
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Apr 16 2023

More on Research Follies

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A truly fascinating piece of research demonstrates the difficulty of replicating soft science results.
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Apr 16 2023

People Just Make Sh*t Up and It Gets Believed by Whacked Progressives

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A Florida State University professor just makes up data to try to prove racism. He got caught but most don't.
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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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