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May 30 2018

Trends in Medicare End-of-Life Spending

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A research letter in JAMA Internal Medicine discusses trends in Medicare spending for care at the end-of-life.
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May 29 2018

Cost Impacts of a Precision Medicine

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A study in Health Affairs looks at the potential value of one precision medicine.
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May 25 2018

Shockingly, Drug Manufacturers Will Do Anything to Block Competition

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Its not really shocking, but depressingly expected for drug companies to screw the public by preventing competition.
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May 24 2018

2018 Milliman Medical Index

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another Milliman-related post, this time for their annual cost of health insurance report, which shows ongoing growth.
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May 23 2018

Where Does Your Health Insurance Dollar Go?

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America's Health Insurance Plans release a study conducted by Milliman showing where commercial health insurance dollars go.
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May 22 2018

Trials for Precision Medicines

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New "precision" medicines are being approved with fewer and small trials, which may raise safety questions.
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May 21 2018

Medical Spending for Retirees

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A paper from the NBER discusses the lifetime out-of-pocket medical expenses households with persons over 70 face.
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May 18 2018

Research on the Value of Mobile Diabetes Apps

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A brief from AHRQ summarizing research on mobile apps for diabetes management finds little value in improving health.
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May 17 2018

The Value of Public Health Expenditures

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A study in Health Affairs finds small benefit from public health expenditures.
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May 16 2018

Hospital Market Power and Pricing

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Today we look at a recent paper that once again correlates hospital market power and prices, a major cause of excessive health spending.
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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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Research

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

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
Another weirdly named company, Thyme Care, spices things up by raising a fresh $97 million in capital to support its cancer care managment business.
September 25, 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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