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May 08 2025

Gender Dis-affirming Care

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
The barbarism of gender-disaffirming care is revealed in a new HHS report.
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May 06 2025

Climate Hysteria, May 6, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Antarctica's ice appears to be behaving as it has for thousands of years and more.
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May 05 2025

Three, Well Actually Four, Days of the ConPaper

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
More bilge water from the state's failing newspaper.
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May 05 2025

Climate Hysteria, May 5, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Cold kills ten times more people than heat, but a new "study" based on models finds that warming will shift that.
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May 05 2025

Cancer Prevalence and Mortality

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Declines in cancer incidence early in the epidemic are undoubtedly linked to the terror campaign that deterred medical visits.
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May 02 2025

April 2025 Jobs Report

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The April employment report calms fears about a serious economic slowdown.
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May 01 2025

Three Days of the Anti-Strib

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
More drivel from the Strib.
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Apr 30 2025

It’s Melting, It’s Melting, Not

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Despite the massive amount of hot air from Al Gore, Arctic ice refuses to melt or even decrease.
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Apr 30 2025

A Slew of New Econ Reports

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
A full bag of economic releases this morning, with some tariff-related impacts.
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Apr 29 2025

Another Truly Stupid Vaccine Article

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Another insipid CV-19 vax study.
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Apr 29 2025

April 2025 JOLT Report

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An uninspiring jobs-related report for March.
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Apr 28 2025

The Blackout in Spain

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Spain is the latest European basket case for how "renewable" power is unreliable, expensive and certainly not green.
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Apr 28 2025

The Anti-Strib, April 28, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Your semi-regular corrective to bad journalism.
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Apr 27 2025

The Anti-Strib, Weekend of April 5, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Several days of pathetic coverage of the news by our local rag.
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Apr 25 2025

Giving People Money Doesn’t Make Their Health Better

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Giving people money, a lot of money, does nothing to improve their health.
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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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