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Feb 12 2024

Does Anybody Really Know What Is Going On With Jobs and the Economy?

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Illegal immigration may be behind a jobs market that appears strong, so you can expect Dems to try to justify it with that.
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Feb 11 2024

Where Does All that College Tuition Go?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Nothing has risen in cost as fast as college tuition and all that money just goes to stoke the woke machine.
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Feb 10 2024

All Tuckered Out

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
A few observations about Russia, Ukraine, Putin and Tucker Carlson.
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Feb 09 2024

I Am Done With Coronamonomania, Part 1

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
A new title, same old boring research summaries on CV-19.
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Feb 08 2024

The Supreme Court’s Supreme Moment

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The Supreme Court is called upon to preserve democracy by preventing the use of legal process to remove candidates from the ballot.
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Feb 07 2024

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Reading the recent biography of Reverand Martin Luther King, Jr. sparks a few thoughts and a lot of sadness.
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Feb 06 2024

DEI in Medicine

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Woke medicine will kill Americans, and the same bizarre ideology is infecting anything to do with science or math.
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Feb 05 2024

Update on Health Spending and Inflation

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Health care spending growth is accelerating, as is health care price growth.
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Feb 04 2024

A Quick Hit on Federal Debt

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A good post and presentation indicate that 2024 is the year the dimensions of the US federal debt problem will be fully revealed.
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Feb 03 2024

The Latest From the Bureau of Labor Shenanigans

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another fictitious job report is released by the Bureau of Labor Shenanigans
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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

Innovacer, which basically collects data on a patient from multiple sources and aggregates it, raised an astounding $275 million in new capital, supposedly at a valuation of almost $3.5 billion....
April 22, 2026
A company called Whoop raised a ridiculous $575 million in new capital at a supposed $10 billion valuation.  The press release was released on April 1, so I would like...
April 5, 2026
Big deals continue in health care financings.  eMed, which manages weight loss medications for employers, raises a hefty $200 million, giving it a valuation of $2 billion, which seems crazy....
March 31, 2026
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

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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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