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Sep 12 2024

Deaths in the United Kingdom

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Identifying what happened with mortality and death rates before and after the epidemic is complex, as a study from the UK demonstrates.
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Sep 11 2024

Inflation, Interest Rates and Domestic Migration

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Inflation is higher than desired and will stay that way and interest rates will remain high as well. Smart people move to low tax, low cost states.
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Sep 09 2024

Climate is Complex

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Natural processes and cycles are responsible for almost all the variation in global weather and climate parameters.
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Sep 08 2024

A Few Election Ramblings

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
We are two months away from a truly critical election for the future of the country.
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Sep 07 2024

I Am Done with Coronamonomania, Part 8

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Interesting research keeps getting published, so I keep reading it and writing these summaries.
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Sep 06 2024

August Jobs Report

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The August jobs report will likely be revised downward and is a mixed bag.
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Sep 04 2024

The Latest Job Openings and Labor Turnover Report

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
The JOLTS report for July was pretty bad.
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Sep 04 2024

Little Timmy Walz, Demagogue

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Our governor is showing his worst side, well, really, his only side, on the national stage. He is a lying, demagoguing totalitarian.
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Sep 03 2024

I Am Done (not) With Coronamonomania, Part 7

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Another round of summaries from the ongoing CV-19 research.
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Sep 02 2024

Venture Capital Activity in 2024 Second Quarter

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The venture capital cycle is no running at optimal speed, with likely adverse effects on the economy.
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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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