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Jan 13 2026

Debunking Climate Hysteria, January 12, 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Another study shows that the earth and Greenland were far farmer earlier in this interglacial period than today.
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Jan 12 2026

Where Does Our Medication Money Go?

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The US spends a lot of money on drugs, with a few categories standing out.
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Jan 11 2026

A Surmise That Will Certainly Be Shown to Be True

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Dems are terrified of the crackdown on illegal immigration because it threatens their votes and their money.
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Jan 10 2026

Here Is the Truth, Which Little Timmy Can’t Handle,

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
The facts regarding immigration law enforcement are obvious.
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Jan 09 2026

Employment Report for December 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The last employment report covering 2025 is not great, not awful.
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Jan 08 2026

Minnesota’s Baffoons Can’t Stay Out of the News

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
There is a massive, well-funded, extreme leftist organization behind the ICE interference and other actions to impede the current Administration.
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Jan 07 2026

JOLTS Report for November 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A labor report for November 2025 doesn't really suggest any particular economic movement up or down.
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Jan 07 2026

Health Insurance and Health Care Costs

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Hospital costs are far and away the biggest contributor to the rise in medical costs and health insurance premiums.
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Jan 06 2026

Hear Me Speak on Health Care Costs

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

A reminder, I will be speaking this Saturday, January 10, at 10 am at the Maple Grove Community Center.  The topic will be US health care and health insurance costs.

Jan 05 2026

Good Riddance to Maduro and Walz

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Two of the worst leaders anywhere are gone, and the people whose lives they degraded are celebrating.
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Jan 02 2026

Collectivism? No Such Thing.

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
Collectivism is a made-up concept used to justify certain individuals trying to rule all of us.
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Jan 01 2026

Not Sure How to Explain this Interaction

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The publisher of the Minnesota Star Tribune replies to an email, which he likely now regrets.
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Jan 01 2026

Happy New Year, We’ll See How Happy We Are at the End of It!!

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
I hope each of you is having a truly warm holiday period and that 2026 brings you many blessings.
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Dec 31 2025

Debunking Climate Hysteria, December 31, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A couple of new studies provide further undermining of the climate hysterics narrative.
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Dec 31 2025

Additional Employee Health Benefits Information for 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A couple more reports relating to employer health benefit plans and high cost claims.
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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

Happy Health is ecstatic to raise $75 million in new capital for its home health monitoring platform, which helps manage sleep apnea and other problems.  We will see how ecstatic...
August 20, 2026
DocGo, a provider of medical transport services and “mobile” health, is acquiring Hicuity Health, which offers “virtual” care services.  To show you what great investments many of these health care...
August 18, 2026
Hinge Health, which manages care for musculoskeletal and migraine conditions, opens the door to gastrointestinal care with a $105 million acquisition of Cylinder Health, which focuses on managing meds and...
August 5, 2026
If you are a health care company, you too can raise astronomical sums of capital if you claim to be part of the AI wave.  Function Health demonstrates by raising...
August 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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