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Sep 21 2022

Renewable Energy and False Advertising

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
Uhhh, Houston we have a problem, in real life no wind or solar plant in Minnesota comes anywhere close to its supposed power generating capacity.
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Sep 20 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 162

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
Chugging along with the research summaries and catching up with the CDC publications.
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Sep 19 2022

Coronmonomania Lives Forever, Part 161

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Fall is coming, winter not far behind, but our sunny research summaries will continue.
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Sep 18 2022

Our Final Example of Stupid Policy for the Evening Involves Phony BS on Electric Cars

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Electric cars are an environmental nightmare, cost a fortune to buy and operate and are not loved by consumers.
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Sep 18 2022

Pro(re)gressives Never Tire of Their Stupid Policies

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Pro(re)gressive Policies are lunacy in action, never well thought out and always having unintended consequences.
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Sep 18 2022

The Jobs Numbers Are an Empty Facade

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The jobs numbers aren't accurate and the true state of the economy is much worse than official stats suggest.
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Sep 17 2022

Breakthrough Events, September 15

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another week confirms that the report three weeks ago was erroneous.
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Sep 17 2022

Age Structure Charts, Population Rates, September 15

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
And the population rate look at the updated age structure charts.
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Sep 17 2022

Age Structure Charts, September 15, Raw Numbers

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Age structure updated for this week's information.
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Sep 17 2022

Year-Over-Year Charts, September 15

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The big picture look at our epidemic which is now over two and half years old.
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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

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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