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Jun 17 2023

A Quick Reminder About Where People Want to Live

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
One irrebuttable fact is that people are moving out of whacked pro(re)gressive states to conservative ones, in astounding numbers.
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Jun 17 2023

We Are Failing Our Adolescents and Young Adults

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Our youngest citizens are killing themselves and others at an alarming and growing rate.
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Jun 16 2023

Real-time Health Care Inflation

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The Altarum health spending and health inflation trackers are also indicating much faster growth in each.
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Jun 16 2023

Health Care Spending and Medical Inflation

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The annual Office of the Actuary report on national health spending projections is out, with bad news for the deficit.
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Jun 15 2023

Nation’s Biggest Liar Little Timmy Walz Has Made Minnesota a Crime Hotspot

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The Incompetent Blowhard's term in office has led to a 36% increase in violent crimes and an 84% increase in murders.
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Jun 15 2023

Federal Waste,

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A new analysis reveals simply outrageous amounts of improper payments by the federal government.
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Jun 15 2023

Understanding Medical Inflation

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A recent paper from actuarial firm Milliman provides a good background on understanding medical inflation.
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Jun 14 2023

Interest Rates and Consumer Spending

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Higher interest rates are showing up in higher credit card interest payments, stifling consumer spending.
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Jun 14 2023

And Here Is One Reason Why Cutting the Deficit Will Be Hard

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Medicare spending is high and rising rapidly; one reason getting federal spending under control will be difficult.
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Jun 13 2023

Interest Rates, Inflation, the Federal Reserve and Federal Spending (updated)

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Inflation may be lessening, but that won't fix the interest rate problem or our deficit and debt challenges.
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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

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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