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Oct 01 2023

More Climate Research that the Hysterics Won’t Like

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A few climate notes as the truth-tellers somehow manage to penetrate that attempted censorship of the climate hysterics.
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Oct 01 2023

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 225

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Interesting research continues to appear and I will keep summarizing it for you.
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Sep 29 2023

Pay No Attention to Those Pesky Climate “Denialists”

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Losses from tornadoes have actually trended down in recent decades when adjusted for inflation, population growth and other relevant factors.
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Sep 29 2023

Yet More Economic Data Revisions

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Revised economic data paints a much weaker picture of the economy than did initial releases.
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Sep 28 2023

Woke Health Care Is Deadly Health Care

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Minnesota's hospitals inexcusably kill and injure a number of patients every year, and DEI is likely one cause.
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Sep 27 2023

Inflation and High Interest Rates Are Here to Stay

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The new reality of higher inflation and interest rates for an extended period, and the consequent economic damage, is settling in.
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Sep 27 2023

The Renewable Energy Scam Is Just Ludicrous

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
In a hilarious example of karma, governors (all Dems) of states with offshore wind farm projects are begging for even more federal funding, complaining about inflation and regulatory delays that…
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Sep 26 2023

Minnesota Goes All-in To Indoctrinate Students to Be Whacked Progressive Voters

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Minnesota whacked Dems are using education to keep the pool of future pro(re)gressive voters growing.
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Sep 24 2023

Relative Spending and Utilization for Medicare Advantage Plans

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Medicare Advantage plans have lower utilization and spending than does the Medicare fee-for-service program.
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Sep 23 2023

Stop-loss Insurance Claims for Self-funded Employers

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A report on stop-loss insurance reveals increases in number of claims and average cost of a claim.
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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

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This isn’t really surprising, given what you can see in employment and other reports.  Minnesota is one of the state’s viewed as having a bad economy, one that is either...
December 23, 2025
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

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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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