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Sep 27 2024

Week of September 23 Debt Auctions

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
While this week's US debt issuances went relatively well, the bigger picture is frightening.
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Sep 25 2024

Another Ludicrous Comparison of International Health Systems

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
The Commonwealth Fund is a radical group that issues misleading reports about the performance of the US health care system.
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Sep 24 2024

Love Those Cheap, Reliable Electric Cars

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
The public isn't buying the lies it was told about electric cars any more.
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Sep 24 2024

Don’t Trust Young Doctors or the Medical System

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A review of medical school's course catalogs confirms the pervasive invasion of DEI garbage into medicine, to patients' detriment.
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Sep 23 2024

More Charles McCarry

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Charles McCarry describes the pro(re)gressive ideology and tactics far better than I could.
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Sep 23 2024

The Truth About Jobs in Minnesota

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Under Fat Timmy Walz there has been no growth in the number of employed persons in Minnesota for five years, and that number has declined in 2024.
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Sep 21 2024

Solar and Wind Energy Change the Weather and Climate

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
More data demonstrates just how environmentally unfriendly wind turbine farms are, but don't worry, rich people will make sure they keep getting their subsidies and you pay even more for…
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Sep 20 2024

CV-19 and Brain Function

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
It appears that the association of a CV-19 infection with long-term cognitive functioning symptoms is a case of reverse causality.
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Sep 19 2024

Why a 50 Basis Point Interest Rate Cut?

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The Federal Reserve Board's big interest rate cut has no impact on US debt rates, in fact that rate rose.
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Sep 18 2024

Tim Walz’ Minnesota Is Family Unfriendly

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The government's own data shows that Minnesota is one of the whacked radical states that is losing families to domestic migration.
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Sep 18 2024

Longer-term US Debt Is Hitting a Wall

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A relatively small auction of long-term US debt yesterday is another warning sign about the negative impact of our deficits and debt.
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Sep 17 2024

The Decline of Minnesota

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Median real household income in Minnesota has declined sharply in Minnesota since 2019, while rising in the rest of the country.
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Sep 17 2024

The Goal of the Pro(re)gressives

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The agenda of the whacked pro(re)gressives is clear--eliminate opponents' free speech, corrupt elections to maintain power and indoctrinate children.
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Sep 16 2024

Racist Anti-racists Are All About the Money

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Anti-racism is an industry that makes a lot of white people very rich.
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Sep 16 2024

Weekly US Debt Auctions

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The ever-increasing pile of US debt makes tracking debt auction results very important.
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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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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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