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May 21 2026

England

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
England once had perhaps the largest empire ever assembled and now is country in clear significant decline, but with still delightful people.
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May 20 2026

May 2026 Issue of Health Affairs

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A truly junk science issue of Health Affairs, reflecting the extreme radical ideology of the editors.
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May 19 2026

Excess Death Causes in the United States

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
The US has "excess" deaths compared to other developed countries, but a new study ignores the real cause--different demographics and poor health behaviors.
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May 18 2026

Debunking Climate Hysteria, May 18, 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Studies still leaking out that debunk some of the climate hysteria narrative.
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May 17 2026

Cancer Incidence

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Despite fearsome headlines, there is a small change in the rate of cancers in the population and that change is largely due to better screening practices.
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May 16 2026

Don’t Know Much ‘Bout ‘Rithmetic, Minneapolis Style

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Raising the minimum wage lowers employment and has other pernicious effects.
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May 15 2026

US Debt Auctions, Week of May 11, 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A very bad week for interest rates and US debt auctions.
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May 14 2026

CPI and PPI

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Inflation at the consumer and wholesale level is beginning to tick up, largely due to energy costs.
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May 13 2026

Minnesota’s Ripoff Non-profit Hospitals

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Minnesota has a new source of shame, our hospitals are the worst at abusing poor patients.
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May 12 2026

Health Insurance Changes as of the End of 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The data reveals a small decline in the number of people with health insurance of some type.
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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

Included Health wants no one to feel left out, so it is buying Firefly Health, which is attracted to the light of all that money.  Included Health is yet another...
July 29, 2026
Telehealth is still going strong and whenever possible the companies in the field talk about AI.  Doctronic has an “AI Doctor” which you can visit and it is acquiring Summer...
July 29, 2026
Speaking frankly, Candid Health looks like one of those companies we don’t need in health.  It claims to have new revenue cycle management software that is heavily driven by AI...
July 27, 2026
Health care is a big part of the economy so investment dollars tend to flow there, not always wisely.  There is alot of gibberish in this press release from Pearl...
July 9, 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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