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Aug 13 2022

Minnesota Has a Terrific Business and Tax Climate, Ha-Ha

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
My home state has a horrific tax and business climate, so people are heading out.
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Aug 12 2022

Two Years Two Late, the CDC Gets Real

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
CDC does a half-hearted pullback on its heavy-handed viral suppression efforts and acknowledges the reality that vax aren't limiting either infections or transmission.
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Aug 12 2022

An Update on Electricity Sources

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
More charts on national and midwest electricity sources and use.
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Aug 12 2022

Gasoline Consumption

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
High gas prices cause personal pain to the vast majority of Americans.
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Aug 11 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 160

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A relatively brief set of research summaries, as the flow of studies seems to be slowing down.
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Aug 10 2022

Productivity, Productivity, Productivity

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
No matter how the administration tries to pretty it up, the economy is in deep crap.
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Aug 09 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 159

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Another vaccine-heavy set of research summaries, but a few other nuggets thrown in.
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Aug 08 2022

We Live in a Totalitarian Dictatorship

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Welcome to the totalitarian dictatorship of the USA, where your politics get you prosecuted by the federal government.
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Aug 08 2022

Comparative Hospitalization and Death Rates for Reinfection and Breakthroughs

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A first crack at comparative rates of events among the reinfected and breakthrough populations, although DOH data is flawed.
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Aug 08 2022

Age Structure Population Rate Charts, August 4

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Same old story, cases cluster in the young, hosps and deaths in the 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

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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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