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Oct 31 2025

Two Weeks of the Anti-Strib, Halloween Edition

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Please, make the pain go away, it really hurts to read this non-journalistic newspaper.
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Oct 31 2025

Post-acute Care

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Medicare Advantage lowers the use of post-acute care while improving outcomes.
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Oct 31 2025

Health Affairs, October 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The October issue of Health Affairs looked at Medicare Advantage, private equity ownership of providers and vaccine efficacy, among other topics.
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Oct 30 2025

Where Trump Isn’t Getting Enough Credit

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
Trump's efforts at bringing an end to conflicts around the world and at ridding the US of foreign-supplied fentanyl and other illegal drugs are highly laudable.
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Oct 29 2025

An Addendum to the US Debt Auction Post

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The Federal Reserve doesn't control interest rates that matter any more.
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Oct 29 2025

Debunking Climate Hysteria, October 29, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Extinction rates have slowed, not increased, in recent years.
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Oct 28 2025

US Debt Auctions, Week of October 27, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A generally mediocre week of US debt auctions.
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Oct 28 2025

Debunking Climate Hysteria, October 28, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another study debunks the allegedly critical role of CO2 in climate and temperature.
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Oct 27 2025

Q3 2025 Venture Capital Activity

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Private equity and venture capital are the engine of America's economic growth and are moving along at a moderate pace.
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Oct 27 2025

Debunking Climate Hysteria, October 27, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Wind farms are extremely environmentally damaging.
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Oct 26 2025

US Debt Auctions, Week of October 20, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An interesting TIPS auction occurred last week, with a much lower "real" interest rate than similar auctions this year.
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Oct 24 2025

They Are Still Pimping CV-19 Vax

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Some researchers are determined to keep the CV-19 vax flowing.
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Oct 23 2025

Kaiser Annual Health Benefits Survey

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
An initial post on the annual KFF health benefits survey, with a quick note on the plight of working families.
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Oct 22 2025

Electricity Costs

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
While electricity prices nationally have been stable adjusted for inflation, renewable-heavy states have high prices and price growth.
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Oct 21 2025

Cancer Incidence Rates

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Cancer incidence rates are rising for some cancers in young adults, but the same cancers are seeing an increase in incidence among older adults.
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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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Another company whose valuation I don’t understand, Oura Health which makes the ring that supposedly tracks all kinds of health-related data for people, is acquiring a company called Counsel Health...
November 10, 2026
Cencora, formerly Amerisource Bergen, a large drug wholesaler, is acquiring a greater equity stake in American Oncology Network.  All three of the major drug wholesalers have interests in oncology companies....
October 22, 2026
There is some weird angle here, as Angle Health raises $600 million in a new capital round, but it appears some of it is to provide liquidity to existing shareholders....
September 22, 2026
More AI craziness in health care.  A company called H1 is buying Defacto Health for God-knows how much money.  Both companies claim an AI background and to help with “provider...
September 11, 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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