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Sep 23 2025

California Screamin’

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
California is overrun with irrational ideologues whose ignorance is on full display every time they speak.
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Sep 23 2025

The September 2025 Issue of Health Affairs

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Now we turn our attention to the September issue of a supposedly premier health services research publication.
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Sep 22 2025

Employment in Minnesota

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Minnesota has weak job growth compared to other states and the national average, and almost all the growth is in government-supported sectors.
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Sep 21 2025

Health Affairs, August 2025 Edition

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A review of the content of the August issue of Health Affairs.
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Sep 20 2025

Student Achievement in the US

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Students aren't learning anything but crazy ideology in schools in many states, including Minnesota.
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Sep 19 2025

US Debt Auctions, Week of September 15, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A weird week for US debt auctions.
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Sep 19 2025

Deaths in the US in 2024

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A preliminary report on US deaths shows a return to pre-epidemic trends.
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Sep 18 2025

High-Cost Patients in Employer-Sponsored Plans

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Employer health benefit plans also have a few members accounting for most spending.
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Sep 17 2025

The Anti-Strib, September 17, 2025 and Before

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
More catching up on goings on in the local newspaper, the exemplar of non-journalism.
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Sep 17 2025

The 340B Drug Program

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
The 340B drug purchase progam was intended to help low-income patients but has been distorted to help hospitals make money.
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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

Color Turquoise Health happy, as it raises $40 million in new capital to support an expansion of its business from price transparency to managing contracts for providers.  Unfortunately the price...
March 18, 2026
Eight Sleep, another one of those weird names that litter health care, raised a new round of capital which supposedly values the company at $1.5 billion.  Eight Sleep sells sleep...
March 10, 2026
Simplistically, high health spending is due to high hospital prices, which is due to excessive market power.  An article shows just how concentrated most US hospital markets are.   In...
March 10, 2026
Mental health companies are very hot.  Virtual mental health services provider Talkspace is being bought by hospital operator Universal Health for around $835 million, a high multiple of revenue and...
March 10, 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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