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Dec 20 2025

Special Edition of the Anti-Strib, December 20, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
The Minnesota Star Tribune is working hard to be the worst paper in the country.
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Dec 19 2025

The Anti-Strib, December 19, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Vomit-inducing publication of the woeful Star Tribune continues.
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Dec 18 2025

US Debt Auctions, Week of December 15, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A slow week for US debt auctions, which go off pretty much as expected.
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Dec 18 2025

Is Inflation Easing?

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A positive report on consumer prices should ease the affordability concerns being pushed by traditional media on behalf of Democrats.
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Dec 17 2025

Employment Report and Retail Sales

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
An employment report and a retail sales report released this week show an economy that is chugging along, not at full speed, but not in any real distress, contrary to…
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Dec 16 2025

More Unifying Actions from the Loving Muslim Community

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
The Muslim religion as practiced by a large proportion of its members is one of the biggest threats to humanity and civilization.
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Dec 15 2025

Another Sign of Minnesota’s Economic Decay

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Minnesota gets a relatively low proportion of its income tax revenue from the top 1%, but its because the rates are so high on middle-income persons.
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Dec 13 2025

Somalis and Fraud in Minnesota

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
Let us try to step back and approach the issue of Somali involvement in Minnesota social program fraud rationally.
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Dec 12 2025

Samuel Adams

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Samuel Adams was a leading, but underappreciated, inspiration to American independence.
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Dec 12 2025

US Debt Auctions, Week of December 8, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another mediocre week of US debt sales, with clear signs that the Federal Reserve does not control longer-term rates.
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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

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This isn’t really surprising, given what you can see in employment and other reports.  Minnesota is one of the state’s viewed as having a bad economy, one that is either...
December 23, 2025
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

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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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