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Dec 02 2021

THE MORONIC VARIANT COMES TO MINNESOTA–TIME FOR SUPER-PANIC!!

By Kevin Roche Commentary 9 Comments
The Moronic variety arrives in Minnesota and will end life, especially unintelligent life, as we know it. Would that be so bad?
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Dec 01 2021

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 61

By Kevin Roche Commentary 30 Comments
A few research summaries from the road.
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Nov 30 2021

Hospital Capacity and Use, November 29

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Some good work from Dave Dixon to explain some of the oddities in Minnesota hospital capacity and use reporting.
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Nov 30 2021

Breakthrough Event Proportions Update, November 29

By Kevin Roche Commentary 10 Comments
Soon over 50% of all events will be in the fully vaxed.
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Nov 30 2021

Age Structure, November 29

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The latest version of the age structure charts.
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Nov 30 2021

Que Es Mas Protective? El Vacuna or el infeccion?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
An attempt at ascertaining comparative per capita rates for the vaxed, unvaxed and previously infected.
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Nov 29 2021

KFF Report on Health Plan Benefits in 2021

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A report from the Kaiser Family Foundation describes employer health benefit plans in 2021.
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Nov 29 2021

2022 Medical Cost Trend Expectations

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
WillisTowersWatson gives us their projections for medical cost trends heading into 2022.
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Nov 29 2021

Why Care Management Isn’t Cost-Effective

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A study on the impact of a Medicare cancer care improvement program finds no real value.
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Nov 28 2021

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 60

By Kevin Roche Commentary 11 Comments
As the holiday weekend comes to a close and Moronic terrorism rises, we keep pumping out the research summaries.
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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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This isn’t really surprising, given what you can see in employment and other reports.  Minnesota is one of the state’s viewed as having a bad economy, one that is either...
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Angle Health, a vendor of a supposedly artificial intelligence powered health benefits platform for employers raised $134 million in new capital.  All you have to do is mention AI and...
December 4, 2025
Reema Health, which calls itself a complex care management company, reamed investors for $19 million in capital, to be used for the usual “to support growth”.  The firm works with...
December 2, 2025
Press Ganey, which provides market research for health plans and providers , is being purchased by health care survey firm Qualtrics for $6.75 billion.  Both companies claim this is all...
October 6, 2025

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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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