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Sep 19 2025

US Debt Auctions, Week of September 15, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A weird week for US debt auctions.
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Sep 19 2025

Deaths in the US in 2024

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A preliminary report on US deaths shows a return to pre-epidemic trends.
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Sep 18 2025

High-Cost Patients in Employer-Sponsored Plans

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Employer health benefit plans also have a few members accounting for most spending.
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Sep 17 2025

The Anti-Strib, September 17, 2025 and Before

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
More catching up on goings on in the local newspaper, the exemplar of non-journalism.
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Sep 17 2025

The 340B Drug Program

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
The 340B drug purchase progam was intended to help low-income patients but has been distorted to help hospitals make money.
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Sep 16 2025

The US Health Insurance Industry

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The US health insurance industry is large and pretty profitable.
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Sep 15 2025

The Tim Walz Playbook

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
Tim Walz is the exemplar of how the Dem party currently operates.
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Sep 12 2025

Debunking Climate Hysteria, September 12, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
No increase in extreme wildfires or in sea level rise--hysterics are crying.
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Sep 12 2025

US Debt Auctions, Week of September 8, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An excellent week for US debt auctions, but not really for the US as we just keep adding to our debt and interest payment burden.
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Sep 11 2025

Charlie Kirk

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Conservatives are being intentionally targeted for violence and murder, in an environment created by Democrats and their media allies.
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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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Research

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

Angle Health, a vendor of a supposedly artificial intelligence powered health benefits platform for employers raised $134 million in new capital.  All you have to do is mention AI and...
December 4, 2025
Reema Health, which calls itself a complex care management company, reamed investors for $19 million in capital, to be used for the usual “to support growth”.  The firm works with...
December 2, 2025
Press Ganey, which provides market research for health plans and providers , is being purchased by health care survey firm Qualtrics for $6.75 billion.  Both companies claim this is all...
October 6, 2025
Another weirdly named company, Thyme Care, spices things up by raising a fresh $97 million in capital to support its cancer care managment business.
September 25, 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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