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Aug 17 2023

Minnesota’s Population Issues

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Minnesota's population dynamics reveal extensive domestic migration out of the state of our working population.
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Aug 16 2023

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 219

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Down to maybe getting these off once a week, but there are some interesting findings showing up in research.
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Aug 15 2023

Hospital Acquisitions and Prices

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another report supports the role of hospital consolidation in raising prices while doing nothing to improve quality.
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Aug 14 2023

Ted Lasso Ropes Viewers in for the Last Time

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A diversion to entertainment, which may or may not be entertaining.
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Aug 13 2023

Additional Interesting Economic Data

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Consumer financial stresses are increasing, likely meaning a slowdown in future economic activity.
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Aug 12 2023

More on the Delusional Renewable Energy Disaster

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
More data and analysis on the real costs of the delusional push for renewable energy.
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Aug 11 2023

Understanding Inflation and the Pace of the Economy

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The money supply and the velocity of money are critical data to track to help understand economic trends.
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Aug 10 2023

More Detail on What Is Happening in the Economy

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Consumer spending is likely headed for a slowdown, which in turn will lead to far lower economic growth, if not a recession.
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Aug 09 2023

A Boring Health Care Research Post

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A small change in how many chemotherapy drugs are prescribed could save lots of money for payers.
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Aug 08 2023

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 218

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
All caught up now with CV-19-related research.
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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

Happy Health is ecstatic to raise $75 million in new capital for its home health monitoring platform, which helps manage sleep apnea and other problems.  We will see how ecstatic...
August 20, 2026
DocGo, a provider of medical transport services and “mobile” health, is acquiring Hicuity Health, which offers “virtual” care services.  To show you what great investments many of these health care...
August 18, 2026
Hinge Health, which manages care for musculoskeletal and migraine conditions, opens the door to gastrointestinal care with a $105 million acquisition of Cylinder Health, which focuses on managing meds and...
August 5, 2026
If you are a health care company, you too can raise astronomical sums of capital if you claim to be part of the AI wave.  Function Health demonstrates by raising...
August 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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