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Aug 16 2022

Breakthrough Events, Overall Population, August 11

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another week, another update on breakthrough events.
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Aug 15 2022

Crime in Minnesota

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Minnesota's 2021 state crime report is here and shows exactly what you expect in a state and metro area run by ideological idiots.
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Aug 14 2022

How About a Little Big Picture Philosophy?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
A little diversion into the realm of big picture thinking about the existence of the universe and life.
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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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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

More AI craziness in health care.  A company called H1 is buying Defacto Health for God-knows how much money.  Both companies claim an AI background and to help with “provider...
September 11, 2026
To show you how AI fever has infected every part of the investing world, this company, Forus, raised $150 million in new capital at a $3 billion valuation by saying...
September 9, 2026
Thyme Care decides its time to party, spicing up its business with a fresh $125 million in capital, with a valuation of over $2 billion.  The company helps manage cancer...
September 3, 2026
Virtual physical therapy company Sword Health sticks it to shareholders by acquiring virtual mental health company Headspace in an all cash deal valued at somewhere between $200 million and $300...
August 29, 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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