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Sep 16 2025

The US Health Insurance Industry

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The US health insurance industry is large and pretty profitable.
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Sep 15 2025

The Tim Walz Playbook

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
Tim Walz is the exemplar of how the Dem party currently operates.
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Sep 12 2025

Debunking Climate Hysteria, September 12, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
No increase in extreme wildfires or in sea level rise--hysterics are crying.
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Sep 12 2025

US Debt Auctions, Week of September 8, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An excellent week for US debt auctions, but not really for the US as we just keep adding to our debt and interest payment burden.
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Sep 11 2025

Charlie Kirk

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Conservatives are being intentionally targeted for violence and murder, in an environment created by Democrats and their media allies.
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Sep 10 2025

Schaudenfreude, Strib Style

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
The Strib closes its local printing plant, reflecting continued decline of interest in its far-left coverage and opinions.
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Sep 10 2025

Further to the Issue With Autism Diagnoses

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A new study proposes to increase autism diagnoses among girls.
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Sep 09 2025

Debunking Climate Hysteria, September 9, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A review article says that temperature changes lead CO2 changes by about 150 years, not the other way around.
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Sep 09 2025

Another Big Negative Revision for BLS

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An annual revision to the jobs numbers through March of 2025 shows 911,000 fewer than previously estimated.
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Sep 07 2025

We Already Know Why There Is a Rise in Autism Diagnoses

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A review article debunks the lies about autism prevalence and trend changes.
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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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