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Sep 04 2026

2025 Provisional Death Data

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Provisional 2025 death data shows the lowest rate ever, suggesting that there may have been pull-forward deaths during the epidemic.
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Sep 03 2026

AI and Data Centers

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
China and other adversaries are doing their best to help the enemies of progress inside the US.
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Sep 03 2026

Cancer Drug Dosing

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Cancer drug doses could be lowered without reducing efficacy, which would save billions and prevent side effects.
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Sep 02 2026

The Anti-Strib, Weeks After August 17, 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A couple more weeks of Strib absurdity.
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Sep 02 2026

JOLTS, July 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Pretty not much changed in regard to job openings, hires or separations in July.
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Sep 02 2026

Lifetime Taxes by State

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Minnesota is a very high tax state, and that feeds directly into its affordability problem.
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Sep 01 2026

More Vaccine Safety Drama

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Another flawed study on heart inflammation and vaccines and CV-19 infection.
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Aug 31 2026

A Note on Jobs Numbers

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A more accurate data source on jobs is expected to have a slight upward revision to the typical BLS numbers.
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Aug 31 2026

More Evidence that there Is No Actual Increase in Autism

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Another study shows there is no increase in true autism, just wider diagnostic criteria and more screenings.
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Aug 30 2026

Michael

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A fairly narrow movie of Michael Jackson's early career.
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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

Thyme Care decides its time to party, spicing up its business with a fresh $125 million in capital, with a valuation of over $2 billion.  The company helps manage cancer...
September 3, 2026
Virtual physical therapy company Sword Health sticks it to shareholders by acquiring virtual mental health company Headspace in an all cash deal valued at somewhere between $200 million and $300...
August 29, 2026
Cityblock raises $116 million in new capital, partly to help with the acquisition of Homeward Health.  Cityblock coordinates and provides care in urban settings and Homeward is focused on rural...
August 21, 2026
Happy Health is ecstatic to raise $75 million in new capital for its home health monitoring platform, which helps manage sleep apnea and other problems.  We will see how ecstatic...
August 20, 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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