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Oct 04 2022

Health Care Costs and Health Insurance Premiums Are Going Up

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Health care inflation is just beginning to kick in.
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Oct 04 2022

Once More on the Complexity of Excess Death Calculations

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
It isn't clear how many excess non-CV-19 deaths or how best to calculate that number.
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Oct 03 2022

Scientific Fraud is Widespread, but Please, Trust the Science

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
"Science" has become a joke, as the latest forced retraction of over 500 papers due to flawed peer review shows. It is a travesty and a shame.
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Oct 03 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 165

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
More research dispelling vax safety concerns and confirming minimal vax effectiveness against infection over time, and a few other nuggets.
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Oct 02 2022

Age Structure Charts, September 29, Population Rates

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Population rates by age also show little change.
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Oct 02 2022

Age Structure Charts, September 29, Raw Numbers

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another week of the same trend in CV-19 land.
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Oct 02 2022

Breakthough Events, September 29

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another ho-hum week in CV-19 breakthrough land.
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Sep 30 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 164

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The usual vaccine heavy set of research summaries.
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Sep 27 2022

More Stupid Progressive Policies, Part 2

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Another dumb progressive idea which doesn't work is restorative justice. Sounds great but it is less fulfilling.
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Sep 27 2022

More Stupid Progressive Policies, Part 1

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Decriminalizing drug use doesn't stop drug use and abuse and it makes cartels and gangs richer.
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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

IKS Health, a British company with a US subsidiary that offers “care enablement” and mentions AI, of course,  is buying TruBridge for $557 million.  TruBridge offers revenue cycle management and...
April 30, 2026
Innovacer, which basically collects data on a patient from multiple sources and aggregates it, raised an astounding $275 million in new capital, supposedly at a valuation of almost $3.5 billion....
April 22, 2026
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

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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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