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Jun 28 2025

The Anti-Strib, June 28, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
The Strib won't change its stripes.
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Jun 27 2025

The Latest National Health Expenditures Projections Out to 2033

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An annual report projects substantial annual increases in national health spending out to 2033.
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Jun 26 2025

US Debt Auctions, Week of June 23, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A week of fairly acceptable US debt auctions.
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Jun 26 2025

Hospitalizations in the Medicare Advantage Program

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A report on hospitalizations and discharges in Medicare and Medicare Advantage shows what you would expect but is twisted by the authors.
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Jun 25 2025

Why Minnesota Is Becoming a Worse Place to Live

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Among the states, Minnesota experienced declining personal income and higher than average prices.
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Jun 25 2025

Another Week of Strib Gibberish, June 25, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Our local paper spews up its usual toxic blend of misinformation.
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Jun 24 2025

How You Know Renewable Energy Is a Scam

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The abandonment of wind and solar power generation with loss of subsidies demonstrates how expensive the electricity they create is.
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Jun 24 2025

Debunking Climate Hysteria, June 24, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Changes in cloud cover account for almost all of any recent temperature increase and those changes are likely unrelated to CO2 levels.
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Jun 22 2025

THC Is Generally Not Good For You and Definitely Not Good for Teens and Young Adults

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Marijuana and its active ingredients are not safe to consume but little is done to protect children and young adults from the danger.
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Jun 21 2025

Debunking Climate (and Energy) Hysteria, June 21, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A wonderful report lays out the full environmental costs of solar and wind energy.
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Jun 21 2025

How Bad Is Our Debt Problem?

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
We are beyond the debt boundary of easy fixes. And the BBB makes it even worse.
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Jun 20 2025

A Certain Political Group Contains the Real Authoritarians

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An excellent article buttresses what I have been saying for decades, pro(re)gressives are delusional about their authoritarian tendencies.
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Jun 19 2025

Minnesota State-run Universities Raise Tuition and Supposedly Cut Costs

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Minnesota's universities are raising prices far above general inflation, a reflection of how badly they are run.
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Jun 18 2025

Debunking Climate Hysteria, June 18, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A great article by real scientists extols the benefits of CO2 and the falsity of greenhouse gas-based climate hysteria.
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Jun 17 2025

US Debt Auction, June 16, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another longer-term US debt auction priced at a far higher interest rate than just two or three years ago.
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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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IKS Health, a British company with a US subsidiary that offers “care enablement” and mentions AI, of course,  is buying TruBridge for $557 million.  TruBridge offers revenue cycle management and...
April 30, 2026
Innovacer, which basically collects data on a patient from multiple sources and aggregates it, raised an astounding $275 million in new capital, supposedly at a valuation of almost $3.5 billion....
April 22, 2026
A company called Whoop raised a ridiculous $575 million in new capital at a supposed $10 billion valuation.  The press release was released on April 1, so I would like...
April 5, 2026
Big deals continue in health care financings.  eMed, which manages weight loss medications for employers, raises a hefty $200 million, giving it a valuation of $2 billion, which seems crazy....
March 31, 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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