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Feb 27 2026

US Debt Auctions, Week of February 23, 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A fairly mundane week of shorter-term debt issuance by the US Treasury.
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Feb 27 2026

Medicare Advantage Enrollment Heading into 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Medicare Advantage enrollment actually rose in the start of 2026, with some large plans losing members but others picking it up and growing.
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Feb 26 2026

Health Plan Profitability in 2024

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A report on compliance with requirements to use a certain percent of health insurance premiums on medical care is revealing.
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Feb 26 2026

Everything Is Going Broke Even Faster than We Thought

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Medicare's hospital trust fund will be exhausted far earlier than previously projected.
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Feb 25 2026

Walz Has a Close Competitor for Most Buffoonish Governor

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
The knucklehead Governor of Wisconsin reveals why Dems really like illegal immigrants.
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Feb 24 2026

Debunking Climate Hysteria, February 24, 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The sun is the likely cause of temperature changes on the Earth, which has generally been going down for the last few thousand years.
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Feb 23 2026

Once More on the Dangers of THC to Adolescents

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Yet more research on the dangers of THC for adolescents' mental health.
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Feb 21 2026

GDP Growth, 4th Quarter 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
GDP growth was a little lower than expected but mostly due to the government shutdown.
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Feb 20 2026

Foreign Funding of US Policy

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
A letter from multiple state AGs reveals huge foreign funding of environmental extremists in the US.
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Feb 19 2026

US Debt Auctions, Week of February 17, 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A limited week of auctions, with signals of higher rates and low inflation expectations.
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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

There are so many health care companies that people struggle to come up with names and we end with weird stuff like Grow Therapy, which nonetheless raised $150 million to...
March 4, 2026
There has been a lot of activity lately in the once-hot field of primary care clinics.  Companies going bankrupt, out-of-business, being bought, merging.  Humana, which is now solely a Medicare...
February 18, 2026
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

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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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