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Jan 21 2024

We Have Soul-Destroying Debt Because We Have Unending Deficits

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
The economy appears falsely strong only because of unlimited deficit spending by the federal government.
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Jan 20 2024

Health Insurance and Financial Well-Being

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Health care and health insurance costs do stress family finances, but the real villain is goverment, through cost-increasing policies and taxes and fees.
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Jan 19 2024

MedPAC Dumps on the Medicare Advantage Program

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The Medicare advisory committee publishes an unfavorable report on the Medicare Advantage program.
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Jan 18 2024

The One Thing I Wish People Would Really Understand

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Another ugly long-end US Treasury debt instrument auction reinforces the disastrous impact of ongoing huge federal deficits and ever-growing debt pile.
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Jan 17 2024

Lies About Bias in the Criminal Justice System

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A major meta-analysis of criminal sentencing finds no evidence of racial bias.
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Jan 16 2024

Weather and Renewable Energy

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A few notes on what is really happening with global weather and our electricity sources and costs.
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Jan 15 2024

Venture Capital Status as of the End of 2024

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
2023 was a slow year for venture capital firms; not clear that 2024 will be much better.
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Jan 14 2024

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 236

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
We are at the playoffs of CV-19 research!!
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Jan 13 2024

The Real Subversion of Democracy, Part One Million

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The Democrat Party and its teacher union allies will do anything to get and keep power, cheating in elections is the norm for them.
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Jan 11 2024

We Are Even More Financially Screwed than I Thought

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
The federal government report on spending and revenue in December reveals a disaster which can't and won't be sustained. Whole lot of pain coming.
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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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