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May 25 2024

Have a Good Holiday, but Spend Some Time Remembering and Thanking

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Give thanks for those who served our country in the military.
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May 24 2024

The Incompetent Blowhard’s Family Friendly State

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Minnesota is one of the most expensive states in which to have a family, largely due to a mammoth tax burden.
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May 24 2024

The Complexity of Identifying Vaccine Effectiveness

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Calculating actual vaccine effectiveness is close to impossible.
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May 23 2024

Masking, the Myth that Won’t Die

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
A bullshit review of masking research attempts to find effectiveness, but doesn't.
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May 22 2024

“Green” Energy Stupidity

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Mother Nature hates wind and solar power, probably because it isn't at all green.
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May 21 2024

I Am Done With Coronamonomania, Part 6

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Winding down the tracking of CV-19 research, but still seeing a few interesting studies.
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May 20 2024

Hospital Pricing to Different Payers

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Hospitals charge private health plans far more than Medicare pays for the same service, which hurts employers and consumers.
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May 19 2024

How Do People Feel About Their Health Plans?

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
An interesting survey looks at workers satisfaction with aspects of their health benefits plan.
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May 17 2024

Provider and Health Plan Consolidation and Health Prices and Spending

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Consolidation among and between health care providers and health plans has raised prices and does nothing to improve access or quality.
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May 16 2024

Weekly Economic Commentary

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The economy is drifting downward as Bidementia has reached the limits of what excessive government spending can do to prop it up.
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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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