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Mar 24 2025

Employment Number Revisions

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A new report indicates that job growth in the third quarter of 2024 was lower than initially reported.
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Mar 24 2025

The Anti-Strib, March 24, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Another day of pimping for Dems and against Trump in our local waste of good wood pulp.
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Mar 23 2025

The Anti-Strib, March 23, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
An outrageous op-ed by our former health commissioner.
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Mar 22 2025

More on Federal Government Departments

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A little more analysis and history on this very timely topic.
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Mar 22 2025

The Anti-Strib, March 21 & 22

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Just another day of Trump bashing and Dem protecting by the Strib.
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Mar 21 2025

Eliminating Federal Government Departments

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
It will be harder than people may realize to eliminate federal government departments.
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Mar 21 2025

The Anti-Strib, While I Was Gone

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A quick catchup on the Dem house organ Strib's front page headlines.
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Mar 20 2025

Tim Walz Is an Idiot

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Fat Timmy outdoes hisself again.
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Mar 20 2025

Debunking Climate Hysteria, March 20, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The EPA's social cost of carbon analysis is of course found to be flawed, probably fraudulent.
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Mar 19 2025

A Good Longer-term Debt Auction

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A strong 20 year US debt auction.
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Mar 18 2025

Mixed Economic News

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Various economic reports and indicators reflect uncertainty.
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Mar 17 2025

Debunking Climate Hysteria, March 17, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Offshore wind farms are a particularly stupid source of unreliable, expensive power.
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Mar 16 2025

How Altruistic are Doctors?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
"Altruistic physicians are less likely than non-altruistic ones to take drug company money or respond to drug company payments by prescribing more.
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Mar 14 2025

Epidemic Impact on Social Security Spending

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
The epidemic helped reduce some Social Security spending but it won't make a real impact.
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Mar 13 2025

Uh-oh, No One Likes Our 30-year Debt

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Long-term US debt auctions are not getting a good reception.
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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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