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Apr 30 2025

It’s Melting, It’s Melting, Not

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Despite the massive amount of hot air from Al Gore, Arctic ice refuses to melt or even decrease.
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Apr 30 2025

A Slew of New Econ Reports

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
A full bag of economic releases this morning, with some tariff-related impacts.
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Apr 29 2025

Another Truly Stupid Vaccine Article

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Another insipid CV-19 vax study.
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Apr 29 2025

April 2025 JOLT Report

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An uninspiring jobs-related report for March.
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Apr 28 2025

The Blackout in Spain

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Spain is the latest European basket case for how "renewable" power is unreliable, expensive and certainly not green.
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Apr 28 2025

The Anti-Strib, April 28, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Your semi-regular corrective to bad journalism.
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Apr 27 2025

The Anti-Strib, Weekend of April 5, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Several days of pathetic coverage of the news by our local rag.
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Apr 25 2025

Giving People Money Doesn’t Make Their Health Better

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Giving people money, a lot of money, does nothing to improve their health.
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Apr 25 2025

Who Owns US Government Debt

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The US debt pile is huge and the ownership diverse.
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Apr 24 2025

US Debt Auctions, Week of April 21, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A generally poor run of US debt auctions this week.
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Apr 24 2025

More on Autism Causes

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Some follow-up on autism research.
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Apr 23 2025

My Early Trump Admin Predictions

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A couple of obvious predictions are looking pretty accurate.
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Apr 23 2025

The Anti-Strib, April 23, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The Strib is hiring editors to take it even further into whacko-land.
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Apr 22 2025

Venture Capital in 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Not a great start to 2025 for venture capital activity.
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Apr 21 2025

Why Is Life Expectancy Lower in the US than Other Developed Countries

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
A new report examines differences in developed nations' life expectancies.
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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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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
Sometimes companies change their name, I have no idea why and it often seems goofy.  CapitalRx, which is a pharmacy benefit manager, with aspirations to be a broader technology provider...
September 25, 2025
Innovacer, a health care technology company that claims extensive use of artificial intelligence, is acquiring Story Health, which helps manage patients with chronic care conditions and who need specialty care.
September 18, 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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