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Nov 26 2013

Health Care Spending Growth and the Reform Law

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A report from the Administration's Council of Economic Advisors suggests that the health reform law is limiting the growth of health care spending.
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Nov 25 2013

Specialty Drug Trends

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A new report from CVS Caremark indicates that specialty drugs will continue to grow as a portion of total drug spending, with little relief in sight.
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Nov 22 2013

Health Care Reform Update II

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
As health care reform continues to roll out the new insurance exchanges and other features, we offer a brief commentary on the recent developments.
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Nov 21 2013

Hospital Consolidation

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An article in the Journal of the American Medical Association discusses issues related to hospital consolidation and market share.
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Nov 20 2013

Utilizing Physician Capacity More Efficiently

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An article in Health Affairs estimates that demand for physician time could be significantly reduced with effective use of health information, helping ease a supposed coming surge in demand for…
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Nov 19 2013

Engaging Depressed Patients

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Research in the Journal of the American Medical Association reviews tools used to help engaged depressed patients in treating their condition.
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Nov 18 2013

Health Plan Standardization and Consumer Choice

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
In yet another piece of work relevant to the functioning of the reform law, researchers looked at the effect of product standardization on consumer choice, as reflected in the experience…
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Nov 15 2013

Health Benefits Survey

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A survey from United Benefit Advisors reveals employer health plan trends in 2013 that may spill over into 2014.
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Nov 14 2013

Decomposing US Health Care Spending

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An article in the current Journal of the American Medical Association examines trends in US health care over the last three decades, including an analysis of recent spending growth finding…
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Nov 13 2013

Scope of Practice Laws

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
This month's Health Affairs discusses the adequacy of the health care workforce in light of presumed increased demand from implementation of the ACA and the aging of the population.
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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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