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Jul 26 2017

Medicare Disenrollment Data

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A Government Accounting Office report examines the characteristics of Medicare Advantage members who disenroll.
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Jul 25 2017

“Digital” Health Company Funding

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A Rock Health report gives statistics on first half 2017 funding of digital health companies.
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Jul 24 2017

Is Health Care an Inherent or Basic Human Right?

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The basis for many people's believe in government-controlled health care is that it is an inherent or basic human right. That is a strange argument to me.
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Jul 21 2017

Why Do Readmissions Happen?

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The British Medical Journal publishes a survey of perceptions about the preventability of hospital readmissions.
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Jul 20 2017

The Individual Health Insurance Market

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Mark Farrah Associates issues a timely report on the status of the individual health insurance market.
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Jul 19 2017

End-of-Life Care Patterns

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A study in Health Affairs reveals trends in patterns of end-of-life care.
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Jul 18 2017

Readmissions Redux

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A study at PLOS gives some basic data on hospital readmissions.
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Jul 17 2017

Utilization and Cost Trends Over a Long Period

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Research carried in the Annals of Family Medicine examines changes in utilization and spending between 1996-97 and 2011-12.
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Jul 14 2017

“Smart Medicine” to the Rescue?

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An article in the Wall Street Journal suggests that "smart medicine" will fix our cost and quality issues. I don't think so.
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Jul 13 2017

Consumers and Health Price Transparency Tools

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Research in the American Journal of Managed Care finds that consumers don't use price transparency tools much.
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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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December 23, 2025
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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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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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