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Mar 23 2022

Latest Altarum Institute Health Spending Briefs

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Due to odd pandemic spending patterns, health care spending and price growth is below general growth in those categories.
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Mar 21 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 118

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
More research summaries, heavy on vaccines and the effect of prior infections.
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Mar 21 2022

Are Higher Care Prices an Indicator of Better Quality?

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Higher prices for health care aren't associated with better quality.
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Mar 21 2022

Year-Over-Year Charts, March 18

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An updated look at the year-over-year charts, from which some interesting facts can be gleaned.
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Mar 21 2022

Week-Over-Week Charts, March 18

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An updated look at week-over-week cases and change in cases shows very low current activity.
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Mar 21 2022

Vax and Unvaxed Cases

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A pictorial look at comparative vax and unvaxed cases, but serious questions about the data.
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Mar 20 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 117

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A few more research gems, okay maybe not gems, but supposedly research.
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Mar 20 2022

Some Climate Change Observations

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
A couple of quick notes on climate propaganda, and that is exactly what it is. Truth hurts.
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Mar 19 2022

Who Does More School Spending Benefit?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
Minnesotans pay more and more for schools, while children learn less and less.
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Mar 18 2022

The Ongoing Consolidation of Large Health Systems and Independent Providers

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A pernicious trend in the US health system has been the consolidation of hospitals and purchase of physician practices by these larger health systems.
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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

DocGo, a provider of medical transport services and “mobile” health, is acquiring Hicuity Health, which offers “virtual” care services.  To show you what great investments many of these health care...
August 18, 2026
Hinge Health, which manages care for musculoskeletal and migraine conditions, opens the door to gastrointestinal care with a $105 million acquisition of Cylinder Health, which focuses on managing meds and...
August 5, 2026
If you are a health care company, you too can raise astronomical sums of capital if you claim to be part of the AI wave.  Function Health demonstrates by raising...
August 3, 2026
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

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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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