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Aug 04 2025

A Reinforcing Point on the Real Issues With How Job Numbers Are Produced

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A post gives a great explanation of BLS data issues and possible fixes.
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Aug 04 2025

Maryland’s Electricity Crisis Is Already Underway in Minnesota as Well

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Maryland's soaring electric bills and threatened blackouts are coming to Minnesota.
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Aug 03 2025

The Real Story Behind Recent Reported Employment Stats

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
The head of BLS should have been fired long ago. The most important trend is the decline in illegal workers and the availability of more jobs for legal residents.
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Aug 02 2025

Leaving Minnesota

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Having a good voice leave Minnesota causes reflection on how rapid the deterioration of our state has been under the Incompetent Blowhard.
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Aug 01 2025

July 2025 Jobs Report

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A fairly weak jobs report for July, which may prompt an interest rate cut.
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Jul 30 2025

Second Quarter 2025 Gross Domestic Product

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The second quarter GDP report suggests that the economy is okay--not great, probably not weakening.
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Jul 30 2025

The July 2025 JOLTS Report

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The labor market is looking pretty stable right now.
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Jul 30 2025

US Debt Auctions, Week of July 28, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Largely shorter-end sales of US debt this week, which generally went off okay.
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Jul 30 2025

Health Affairs, July 2025

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A review of research in the July 2025 Health Affairs issue.
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Jul 29 2025

Trump, Tariffs and Trade

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
The trade talks appear to be reaching final stages, with little impact on the trade deficit, but a probably beneficial outcome for the US economy.
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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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