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Mar 06 2025

Leonardo da Vinci

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another good biography of a fascinating human.
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Mar 06 2025

The Anti-Strib, March 6, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Another painful day addressing biased reporting in the Strib.
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Mar 06 2025

The Anti-Strib, March 5, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Your daily corrective to the Dem house organ.
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Mar 05 2025

Debunking Climate Hysteria, March 5, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The supposed trend in CO2 may be erroneous due to problems with historical measurements.
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Mar 05 2025

What RFK, Jr. Gets Right About Drugs

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Over-diagnosis of certain conditions and subsequent over-prescribing of medications is a prime reason for excessive health spending.
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Mar 04 2025

The Anti-Strib, March 4, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
More one-sided coverage from the daily rag.
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Mar 04 2025

The Real Transgender Science

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
More science showing just how evil gender-disaffirming care is.
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Mar 04 2025

Debunking Climate Hysteria, March 4, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Newly unearthed aerial photos demonstrate that the Antarctic peninsula has had stable ice cover for over 80 years.
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Mar 03 2025

The Anti-Strib, March 3, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Your daily dose against Strib brainwashing.
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Mar 03 2025

Bessent Is Getting His Lower Ten-year Treasury Interest Rate–for the Wrong Reason

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Interest rates on US debt have dropped but only because of economic fears.
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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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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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