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Jan 30 2025

Weight Loss Drugs

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Rapid expansion of the use of GLP-1s may have been accompanied by inadequate exploration of potential safety issues.
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Jan 27 2025

Interesting Debt Auctions Today

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A mixed bag of results on today's auctions of a huge amount of US debt.
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Jan 27 2025

Climate Hysteria Corrected, January 27, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The AMOC is just fine, contrary to climate hysterics claims.
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Jan 26 2025

I Am Done With Coronamonomania, Part 11

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Been a while but still putting these out every now and then when there is some interesting research.
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Jan 24 2025

US Inflation-protected Debt Is Indicating Expectations of Higher Inflation

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The TIPS US debt auction yesterday suggests that inflation expectations remain elevated.
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Jan 23 2025

Trump Is Fantasizing That He Controls Interest Rates

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Trump can't force interest rates lower any more than the Federal Reserve could.
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Jan 22 2025

Here We Go, One of the First Long-end US Debt Auctions for 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The first longer-term US debt auction of 2025 looks good at first blush but only because the interest rate was so high.
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Jan 20 2025

A New President, Same Old Problems

By Kevin Roche Commentary 8 Comments
We are at a moment of immense complexity and difficulty for our nation and we must pray that our new leaders are equal to steering a course that moves us…
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Jan 19 2025

Another Example of How Coding Affects Behavior

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Providers use coding changes to maximize reimbursement.
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Jan 18 2025

Government-Run Health Care Is Really Wonderful

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Government-run health systems create wait lists, leading to worsening health and outcomes.
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Jan 18 2025

“Non-Profit” Hospitals Aren’t

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Executives of non-profit hospitals are grotesquely overpaid, which is one cause of high health care prices.
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Jan 16 2025

Minnesota Is a Great State for Starting a Business, According to Little Timmy

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
As usual, Fat Timmy lies when he opens his mouth. Minnesota is about the worst state to start a business in.
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Jan 16 2025

Inflation Is Tamed?

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Yesterday's inflation report was wrongly hailed as a sign of slowing price growth.
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Jan 15 2025

Bias in Social Sciences Research

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
New research demonstrates that ideological bias permeates the "results" of social science studies.
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Jan 14 2025

Giving People Free Stuff Doesn’t Solve Problems

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Giving people Medicaid does not reduce their propensity to commit crimes.
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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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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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