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Jul 21 2024

I Am Done With Coronamonomania, Part 9

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Wow, still cranking a few of these summaries out.
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Jul 20 2024

2025 Increases in Health Costs Will Keep Inflation Up

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A PWC report suggests a very substantial increase in commercial plan health spending in 2025, driven largely by price rises.
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Jul 19 2024

More Green Frivolity

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
I can't help but be amused when the renewable energy crowd's lies are exposed by reality.
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Jul 19 2024

Another Example of How Hospitals Make Money off of Payers and Consumers

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The same expensive therapy may have a different cost if done in a different setting.
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Jul 18 2024

Pharmacy Benefit Managers

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
The pharmacy benefit management business has a complex and somewhat sordid history, which has drawn the ire of regulators.
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Jul 17 2024

Trump and Vance and Russia and Ukraine

By Kevin Roche Commentary 12 Comments
A few thoughts on the Republican ticket and our most significant foreign policy challenge.
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Jul 16 2024

Little Timmy’s Wonderful State for Families

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Minnesota has a high school graduation rate below the national average and below most southern states. We know why.
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Jul 16 2024

Global Climate Hysteria Is Pretty Funny

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Climate hysteria is the plaything of billionaires making a fortune off it.
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Jul 15 2024

Little Timmy Walz Loves Wasting Your Money

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Little Timmy Walz allows, nay encourages, billions in fraud and waste.
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Jul 15 2024

Comparison of US Health Spending With that of Other Countries

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Comparing health spending in the United States to that in other countries requires careful analysis.
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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

This isn’t really surprising, given what you can see in employment and other reports.  Minnesota is one of the state’s viewed as having a bad economy, one that is either...
December 23, 2025
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

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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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