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Mar 02 2023

Why There Are Sometimes Issues With Health Claims Data

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
One practice driving higher health spending is pretending that episodes of care are made to appear more intensive than they are for billing purposes.
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Mar 01 2023

Vertical Integration in Health Care

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Allowing health systems to buy physician practices results in higher prices and lower quality--patients suffer in two ways.
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Feb 28 2023

More on Minnesota’s Energy Loonacy

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A Center for the American Experiment report also paints a grim energy future for Minnesota under the Uaffordable Blackout Bill.
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Feb 28 2023

Minnesota’s New Energy Insanity, Part 4

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Apparently causing electricity bills that take up all of most people's income is part of Little Timmy's plan to depopulate Minnesota. The more you look at the law, the crazier…
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Feb 28 2023

Minnesota’s New Energy Insanity, Part 3

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The cost of providing adequate electricity solely through the use of renewables is phenomenal, either in generating capacity or battery storage or a combination. Minnesotans would be spending huge amounts…
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Feb 27 2023

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 197

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Start your week off with an exhilarating set of research summaries.
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Feb 26 2023

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 196

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A good set of research papers are the raw material for this round of research summaries.
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Feb 25 2023

Don’t Worry, There Is Absolutely No Voter Fraud, Anywhere, Anytime

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A new paper shows why fraud is not only likely in American voting, but a certainty, as it estimates 6 million Americans are registered to vote in more than one…
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Feb 22 2023

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 195

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Some good studies on important topics--vax safety, LTC deaths and harms to children from the epidemic response.
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Feb 21 2023

Minnesota’s New Energy Insanity, Part 2

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
The state's new energy law will require building of extraordinarily expensive generation and battery storage capabities if the state is to avoid rolling blackouts. The law is a fantasy.
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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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