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May 29 2026

Minnesota Hates on Small Businesses

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Minnesota has the highest effective corporate tax rate in the country, which is driving out small businesses.
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May 28 2026

For Those Who Don’t Think Other Countries Are Trying to Screw Up Ours

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A dunce of a leftist (or is that redundant) reveals foreign financing to undermine the US.
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May 27 2026

High-Cost Health Claims

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Another look at the high cost conditions and treatments driving health spending.
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May 26 2026

The Political Corruption of Professions

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The radical leftist plan to corrupt American institutions and professions is working brilliantly, and destroying our society in the process.
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May 25 2026

A Memorial Day Message

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
We should all honor the sacrifice of those in our military.
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May 24 2026

Wealth and Envy

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
The usual crew of rich, entitled far-left, extreme, radical Dems bashes the entrepreneurs who create tremendous benefits for society and our economy,
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May 22 2026

US Debt Auctions, Week of May 18, 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another mediocre, at best, week for US debt.
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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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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

GoHealth is another of those excessively valued health startups that was always destined to flounder and not it has filed bankruptcy and the company will be turned over to lenders....
June 8, 2026
Garner Health isn’t gathering any accolades from me, as it raises a new round of $100 million in capital at about a $2.5 billion valuation.   The company supposedly steers...
June 2, 2026
IKS Health, a British company with a US subsidiary that offers “care enablement” and mentions AI, of course,  is buying TruBridge for $557 million.  TruBridge offers revenue cycle management and...
April 30, 2026
Innovacer, which basically collects data on a patient from multiple sources and aggregates it, raised an astounding $275 million in new capital, supposedly at a valuation of almost $3.5 billion....
April 22, 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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