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May 10 2025

Minnesota Is Doing Just Great, According to You Know Who

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The quality of life in Minnesota has declined on every dimension over the last 16 years of whacked Dem rule and people are bailing from the state as a result.
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May 10 2025

Climate Hysteria, May 10, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A well-known environmentalist takes on the lies told by the wind and solar power crowd.
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May 10 2025

Now They Are Concerned, Way too Late

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Almost everyone now agrees the epidemic response was futile and very damaging, but don't expect it to change the next time.
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May 09 2025

Treasury Debt Auctions, Week of May 5, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A relatively unexceptional week of US debt auctions.
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May 08 2025

Gender Dis-affirming Care

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
The barbarism of gender-disaffirming care is revealed in a new HHS report.
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May 06 2025

Climate Hysteria, May 6, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Antarctica's ice appears to be behaving as it has for thousands of years and more.
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May 05 2025

Three, Well Actually Four, Days of the ConPaper

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
More bilge water from the state's failing newspaper.
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May 05 2025

Climate Hysteria, May 5, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Cold kills ten times more people than heat, but a new "study" based on models finds that warming will shift that.
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May 05 2025

Cancer Prevalence and Mortality

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Declines in cancer incidence early in the epidemic are undoubtedly linked to the terror campaign that deterred medical visits.
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May 02 2025

April 2025 Jobs Report

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The April employment report calms fears about a serious economic slowdown.
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May 01 2025

Three Days of the Anti-Strib

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
More drivel from the Strib.
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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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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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Focussed primary care clinics had a moment, particularly in regard to Medicare Advantage plans, and that moment has kind of passed.  Similar clinics were operated for employers and other group...
January 29, 2026
Drive Medical, a provider of mobility and other health equipment, is acquiring Compass Health, which provides a variety of consumer health products.  No price terms were released.
January 29, 2026
Sword Health, which offers physical therapy and pain management programs is acquiring Kaia Health,  a German company which focuses on “digital” musculoskeletal and COPD care.  The price is $285 million.
January 29, 2026
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

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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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