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May 28 2025

Another Look at Excess US Deaths

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A research letter notes that the US had excess deaths compared to other high-income countries before, during and after the epidemic.
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May 27 2025

The Gold-Standard for Drug and Vaccine Safety Work

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
RFK, Jr. is apparently seeking to undermine the gold-standard source of data on drug and vaccine safety.
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May 27 2025

Debunking Climate Hysteria, May 27, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An excellent post indicates that there is no "global" warming and again shows the unreliability of climate models.
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May 23 2025

The Ugly Truth About George Floyd

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
George Floyd was a scumbag criminal, a drug addict and died of a drug overdose, while Derek Chauvin and other officers got railroaded in a show trial.
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May 22 2025

A Few Days of the Anti-Strib, May 22, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Same old, same old at the worthless local paper.
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May 22 2025

The Bond Market Is Not Happy With More Deficit Spending

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A bad US debt auction should be a stark warning to Republicans about the need to prioritize spending cuts.
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May 21 2025

Manufacturing in the US

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A few charts show that manufacturing is actually doing a lot better in the US than JD Vance would have you believe.
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May 21 2025

Trump and House Republicans Are Fiscally Reckless

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The "Big Beautiful Bill" will continue the reckless spending that is destroying our financial state and economy.
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May 21 2025

Debunking Climate Hysteria, May 21, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Greenland is not experiencing unusual temperatures.
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May 20 2025

Climate Hysteria Debunked, May 20, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another article looking at the past 2000 years of temperatures finds nothing unusual about current warmth, if it exists.
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May 19 2025

Causes of Inflation

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A recent paper provides a good explanation for factors strongly related to the level of inflation.
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May 18 2025

Health Affairs, May 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A summary of research in the latest issue of Health Affairs.
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May 17 2025

Debunking Climate Hysteria, May 17, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
A new paper shows that the majority of alleged temperature increases in the US are due to urban heat effects, but the struggle to get the paper published tells the…
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May 16 2025

Little Timmy’s Favorite Delusion

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Our delusional moron of a governor claims we are a good state to raise children in.
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May 14 2025

Persistence of Health Spending by Individuals

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
An updated look at the concentration of health spending across individuals.
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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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Eight Sleep, another one of those weird names that litter health care, raised a new round of capital which supposedly values the company at $1.5 billion.  Eight Sleep sells sleep...
March 10, 2026
Simplistically, high health spending is due to high hospital prices, which is due to excessive market power.  An article shows just how concentrated most US hospital markets are.   In...
March 10, 2026
Mental health companies are very hot.  Virtual mental health services provider Talkspace is being bought by hospital operator Universal Health for around $835 million, a high multiple of revenue and...
March 10, 2026
There are so many health care companies that people struggle to come up with names and we end with weird stuff like Grow Therapy, which nonetheless raised $150 million to...
March 4, 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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