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Dec 21 2023

Minnesota Tries to Sugar-Coat Population Changes

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Minnesota continues to lose residents, especially those with higher incomes, to other states, while attracting illegal and legal immigrants who are a heavy burden on state finances.
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Dec 21 2023

Sweden Had it Right

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The Swedish response to the epidemic wasn't perfect but far better than the panic-driven lockdowns the rest of the world adopted.
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Dec 20 2023

Colorado Goes Completely Batshit Crazy

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A new low in whacked Democrat party undermining of the rule of law and democracry occurs in Colorado.
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Dec 19 2023

The Economist Discovers Media Bias, and All It Needed to Do Was Look in the Mirror

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The Economist discovers that the media has a whacked progressive bias.
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Dec 19 2023

Fossil Fuels Are Here to Stay, and then Some

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Anyone who looks at global energy production data can see that the smart countries in the world are using more fossil fuels not less.
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Dec 17 2023

A Couple of Health Care Related Items

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Two recent health care related studies reflect ongoing issues in regard to Medicare and market concentration.
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Dec 16 2023

National Health Spending in 2022

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The Medicare actuaries release their annual report on national health spending.
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Dec 15 2023

Racism and Segregation

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Identity politics is destroying our country and society and increasing discrimination.
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Dec 14 2023

Deaths and Life Expectancy

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
After a bad period during the epidemic, life expectancy turned higher in 2022, but there is serious inequity in regard to men.
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Dec 13 2023

There Is No Voter Fraud……

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
A survey suggests that large amounts of voter fraud occurred in the 2020 election.
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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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