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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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Jul 14 2024

Pro(re)gressives Are the Party of Violence

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Only one group is responsible for almost all political and policy-related violence in the United States.
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Jul 12 2024

Another Week of Economic News

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Bidementia's economy ain't lookin' so good, largely because our debt and deficit are out-of-control.
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Jul 11 2024

DEI in the Military

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Our military has been infested with the woke ideology.
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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

Color Turquoise Health happy, as it raises $40 million in new capital to support an expansion of its business from price transparency to managing contracts for providers.  Unfortunately the price...
March 18, 2026
Eight Sleep, another one of those weird names that litter health care, raised a new round of capital which supposedly values the company at $1.5 billion.  Eight Sleep sells sleep...
March 10, 2026
Simplistically, high health spending is due to high hospital prices, which is due to excessive market power.  An article shows just how concentrated most US hospital markets are.   In...
March 10, 2026
Mental health companies are very hot.  Virtual mental health services provider Talkspace is being bought by hospital operator Universal Health for around $835 million, a high multiple of revenue and...
March 10, 2026

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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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