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Apr 25 2025

Who Owns US Government Debt

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The US debt pile is huge and the ownership diverse.
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Apr 24 2025

US Debt Auctions, Week of April 21, 2025

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A generally poor run of US debt auctions this week.
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Apr 24 2025

More on Autism Causes

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Some follow-up on autism research.
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Apr 23 2025

My Early Trump Admin Predictions

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A couple of obvious predictions are looking pretty accurate.
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Apr 23 2025

The Anti-Strib, April 23, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The Strib is hiring editors to take it even further into whacko-land.
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Apr 22 2025

Venture Capital in 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Not a great start to 2025 for venture capital activity.
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Apr 21 2025

Why Is Life Expectancy Lower in the US than Other Developed Countries

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
A new report examines differences in developed nations' life expectancies.
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Apr 21 2025

The Anti-Strib, April 21, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Another day of painful non-jounalism.
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Apr 20 2025

Standardized Tests for College Admissions

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
SAT or ACT scores in fact show no racial bias and are far better predictors of college performance than high school grades.
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Apr 19 2025

The Anti-Strib, April 19, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
More of the usual--Trump bad, everything Trump do bad--from our local toilet paper source.
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Apr 19 2025

Autism

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
The rise in autism incidence and prevalence is a result of diagnostic criteria changes designed to enhance revenue streams for the medical profession and drug industry.
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Apr 18 2025

The Anti-Strib, April 17 and 18, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A couple of days of the usual one-sided bilge in the Strib.
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Apr 18 2025

US Debt Auctions, Week of April 14, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Okay auctions in a slow week with a lot of unresolved issues.
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Apr 16 2025

The Anti-Strib, April 16, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A particularly good day for our local paper, in terms of hilarity.
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Apr 16 2025

One Perspective on Health Care Spending Trends for 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A report talks about likely health trends for 2025.
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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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