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Oct 23 2024

Minnesota Jobs and Employed Persons

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Federal data suggests Minnesota is adding jobs but has fewer employed persons--the likely explanation is more people holding multiple part-time jobs.
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Oct 22 2024

Our Prescription Drug Market Is Not a Free Market

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An article in the NEJM buttresses my view that prescription drugs don't operate in a free-market because of the monopoly granted by patents.
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Oct 22 2024

Telemedicine

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Telemedicine access had little impact on most aspects of health care delivery.
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Oct 21 2024

I Am Really Tired of the Masking Stuff

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Another masking research review tries to pretend that there is any actual data showing any benefit of masks in suppressing community spread.
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Oct 20 2024

Global Warming Is Not Accelerating, Human Caused Global Warming Is Non-existent

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A study in Nature, of all places, finds no acceleration in warming over the last 50 years, buttressing the likelihood everything we are seeing is a natural cycle.
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Oct 19 2024

Woke Art

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The Portland, Maine art museum is a prime example of the ignorance of woke ideology.
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Oct 19 2024

Watch Out for Consumer Spending

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Consumers are maxing out on credit card debt.
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Oct 18 2024

Minnesota’s Population Woes Continue

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
The latest Census Bureau data on state-to-state migration shows Minnesota continuing to lose residents.
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Oct 17 2024

Biden/Harris Thank God for Seasonal Adjustments

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another fake data report from the Biden/Harris Election Complex, also known as the supposedly neutral federal government statistic producers.
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Oct 17 2024

Revised Crime Statistics

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The FBI sneakily revises crime data from 2022 that shows an increase as opposed to the decrease initially reported.
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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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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

There is some weird angle here, as Angle Health raises $600 million in a new capital round, but it appears some of it is to provide liquidity to existing shareholders....
September 22, 2026
More AI craziness in health care.  A company called H1 is buying Defacto Health for God-knows how much money.  Both companies claim an AI background and to help with “provider...
September 11, 2026
To show you how AI fever has infected every part of the investing world, this company, Forus, raised $150 million in new capital at a $3 billion valuation by saying...
September 9, 2026
Thyme Care decides its time to party, spicing up its business with a fresh $125 million in capital, with a valuation of over $2 billion.  The company helps manage cancer...
September 3, 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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