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Mar 03 2025

The Anti-Strib, March 2, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Another dose of correctives to our local Dem rag.
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Mar 02 2025

America First Shouldn’t Mean Pissing Off the Rest of the World

By Kevin Roche Commentary 10 Comments
Trump's actions in regard to other countries is having the unintended consequence of hurting our economy and making the world more volatile.
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Mar 01 2025

The Anti-Strib, March 1, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Trying to give a fuller picture of the news than you will get from the Strib.
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Mar 01 2025

Some Sensible Mask Research

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
More research on the inefficacy of masks at stopping virus exhalation or inhalation.
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Feb 28 2025

The Anti-Strib, February 28, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
A hopefully-regular corrective to the worthless rag that passes for our local newspaper.
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Feb 28 2025

Conflicts of Interest in Climate Research

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
All those "sciency" climate researchers fail to disclose their obvious bias due to conflicts of interest.
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Feb 28 2025

Debunking Climate Hysteria, February 28, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Climate hysterics in mourning as research shows it is highly unlikely Antarctica's ice shelves will melt.
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Feb 27 2025

US Debt Auction, February 26, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A pretty good seven year US note auction can't hide troubling fundamentals.
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Feb 26 2025

Climate Hysteria Debunked, February 26, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A way of messing with measured temperatures called homogenization is revealed to be largely arbitrary.
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Feb 26 2025

US Debt Auction, February 25

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another huge but well-received auction of short-term US debt.
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Feb 25 2025

Climate Hysteria Debunked, February 25, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another erroneous aspect of flawed climate hysteric models is revealed.
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Feb 25 2025

Heart Disease and Young People

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Not surprisingly, given young Americans general health, heart disease and heart attacks are far too common among this group.
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Feb 24 2025

Bessent Is Getting His Wish, So Far

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A good short-term US debt auction today.
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Feb 24 2025

Bob Dylan, Again

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A detailed biography of Bob Dylan reveals some interesting insights.
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Feb 23 2025

The Latest Vaccine Safety Gibberish

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
The vax safety nuts continue to seek celebrity and riches with lies and misinformation.
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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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