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Oct 14 2022

Electricity Prices Through July

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Electricity prices are soaring, but sure buy an electric car and save money.
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Oct 13 2022

Our Inflationary and Economic Mess

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Another month, another horrendous inflation report. Expect more in coming months, coupled with a no-growth economy.
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Oct 12 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 167

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Basically some commentary and a summary of two great papers on the effects of lockdowns.
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Oct 12 2022

More Boosters? Why?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Despite the pimping of additional vax boosters, there is limited if any evidence to justify that practice.
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Oct 11 2022

Prescription Drug Spending and Prices

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Drug spending is soaring because of prices on brand-name products and specialty medications. The patent system should be used to rein it in.
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Oct 11 2022

A Reader’s Comment on Woke Medicine

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
A reader's comment illuminates the greatest risk from woke health care.
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Oct 11 2022

More on Health Care Inflation

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Health care inflation is just starting to let it rip, more bad news for consumers.
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Oct 10 2022

Woke Progressives Are Racist to the Core

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The Los Angeles City Council thoughtfully gives us recorded evidence of progressive racism.
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Oct 10 2022

The Impending Woke Medicine Disaster

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
The horrendous filth of woke medicine reaches deep into the University of Minnesota medical school.
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Oct 10 2022

Breakthrough Events, October 6, Ages 65 and Over

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
In the very oldest group, being boosted does limit infections and hospitalization, but not vax alone.
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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

Included Health wants no one to feel left out, so it is buying Firefly Health, which is attracted to the light of all that money.  Included Health is yet another...
July 29, 2026
Telehealth is still going strong and whenever possible the companies in the field talk about AI.  Doctronic has an “AI Doctor” which you can visit and it is acquiring Summer...
July 29, 2026
Speaking frankly, Candid Health looks like one of those companies we don’t need in health.  It claims to have new revenue cycle management software that is heavily driven by AI...
July 27, 2026
Health care is a big part of the economy so investment dollars tend to flow there, not always wisely.  There is alot of gibberish in this press release from Pearl...
July 9, 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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