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Oct 11 2025

Mark Twain

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A new Ron Chernow biography of Mark Twain is informative and enlightening.
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Oct 10 2025

Another Geographic Variation in Health Care Spending Study

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
An innovative paper using military members examines factors behind geographic variations in health spending.
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Oct 10 2025

US Debt Auctions, Week of October 6, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A mixed week for the ever-mounting US debt sales.
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Oct 09 2025

Another Potential Adverse Effect from Medications

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Use of prescription drugs can alter the intenstinal micro-biome.
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Oct 09 2025

Another Dem Hellhole State

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
I visit another Dem run-state that is in significant decline.
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Oct 08 2025

Second Quarter 2025 Venture Capital Activity

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Venture capital and private equity activity continued to sort of limp along through the first half of 2025.
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Oct 08 2025

What Is “Autism” and Are There Variants of the Condition

By Kevin Roche Commentary 8 Comments
An interesting study looks at differences in children diagnosed as "autistic" at different ages.
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Oct 07 2025

Tim Walz Is Destroying Minnesota

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Families in Minnesota are getting squeezed as household income drops while costs rise rapidly, more of Little Timmy Walz' great work.
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Oct 07 2025

Cancer and CV-19 Vaccines

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Another garbage CV-19 safety study.
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Oct 06 2025

The Twin Cities Are Safe, Really Safe–for Criminals

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Light rail in the Twin Cities is an expensive boondoogle that is so unsafe it is driving riders. The cities' solutions are a joke.
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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

Mental health is a very hot health care investment area.  Talkiatry raised $210 million in new capital for its virtual mental health services which utilizes employed psychiatrists, psychologists and other...
February 13, 2026
Investors can take comfort in Solace Health, which provides “advocates” to members in health plans, as it raises a fresh $130 million in capital, which takes its alleged value over...
February 11, 2026
Two health care companies moving in opposite directions reported financial results.  Hinge Health, which offers musculoskeletal condition services, reported strong revenue and earnings growth and projected continued rapid rises in...
February 11, 2026
And here is why I often wonder what investors are thinking when they make large investments in companies with dubious businesses.  Carbon Health was going to open hundreds of primary...
February 5, 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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