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Jan 09 2025

This Is Getting Redundant, But Important to Watch

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Yesterday 30-year US bonds were issued with a very high interest rate, prepare for more and more auctions with this result.
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Jan 08 2025

The January JOLTS Report

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Not a lot of change month-over-month in the job openings and labor turnover report.
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Jan 07 2025

More Good US Debt Auction News

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Even worse news from today's ten-year Treasury note sale than from yesterday's three-year one.
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Jan 07 2025

Us Debt Starts 2025 Partying Like It’s 2024

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
US debt is looking unloved early in 2025, no change from 2024.
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Jan 06 2025

The True Cost of Renewable Energy

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Wind power is far more expensive than natural gas when all costs are factored in.
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Jan 05 2025

Climate Non-Hysteria, January 5, 2024

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A couple of studies add to the evidence that concern about supposed human-caused warming is grotesquely exaggerated.
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Jan 04 2025

Good Examples of How 16 Years of Dem Rule Has Screwed Minnesota

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Whacked weirdos Dayton and Walz are responsible for excessive state government spending, including on education, while performance declines.
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Jan 03 2025

Walt Disney

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Walt Disney was a tremendous entrepreneur and innovator in entertainment.
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Jan 02 2025

Hurricane Hysteria

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Climate hysterics regularly abuse hurricane data.
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Jan 01 2025

Happy New Year

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Have a great 2025, we all have that potential in us.
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Dec 31 2024

Lower and Middle-Income Consumers Are Stressed

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Consumers are stressed and it will affect economic growth.
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Dec 30 2024

What’s Ahead in 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
I have no idea what will happen in 2025 but I can make up some thoughts.
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Dec 29 2024

The Latest Issue of Health Affairs

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Health Affairs is one of the foremost health research journals, with an unfortunate lean toward DIE over the last few years.
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Dec 28 2024

2024 In Review

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
2024 was an anxiety-inducing year but maybe a substantial change for the better has occurred.
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Dec 27 2024

Climate Hysteria, December 28, 2024

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
More research negating the warming effect of CO2 but finding it quite beneficial for human food production.
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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

Headlines

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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