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Apr 09 2025

Trade Policy Incoherence, Updated

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The poor handling of the trade issue is creating a genuine crisis.
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Apr 08 2025

As I Said, Watch Out for this Week’s Debt Auctions

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A brutal 3-year US note auction may set the tone for the rest of the week.
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Apr 07 2025

It Isn’t the Policy as Much as How It Is Done

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The trade chaos is seriously damaging the conservative cause.
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Apr 05 2025

That Was the Week that Was, Updated

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Trump's tariff actions have no clear goal or logic.
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Apr 04 2025

March 2025 Jobs Report

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A better than expected jobs report, but we will see what happens all the tariff nonsense settles out.
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Apr 03 2025

The Markets Are Not Stupid

By Kevin Roche Commentary 9 Comments
Markets understand how bad the Trump tariff taxes are for the US economy and consumers.
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Apr 02 2025

Jolts Report for April, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The labor market is puttering along at a steady level, according to the latest JOLTS report.
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Mar 31 2025

Deaths of Despair in the United States

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
The trends and reasons for deaths of despair are more complicated than a quick look suggests.
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Mar 30 2025

One More Addendum to the CV-19 Response

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
A letter to the Strib illustrates the ignorance of many medical professionals.
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Mar 30 2025

The Anti-Strib March 30, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Bad Trumpy, bad, continues and let's talk about what is really wrong with Minnesota's economy.
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Mar 30 2025

There Is No Surge of Cancer Diagnoses

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
More fear-mongering on non-existent increases in cancer diagnoses.
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Mar 29 2025

The Anti-Strib, March 29, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Another day attempting to bring a little balance to the headlines of the day.
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Mar 29 2025

How Stupid is Little Timmy Walz?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Little Timmy puts his nutso self on full display for the nation, as if his performance as a VP candidate wasn't enough.
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Mar 28 2025

Altarum Health Care Spending and Price Reports

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Health care spending continues to grow and health care prices are contributing to ongoing inflation processes.
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Mar 28 2025

The Anti-Strib, March 28, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Two broad themes permeate the Strib's recent front page coverage.
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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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