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May 16 2025

Little Timmy’s Favorite Delusion

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Our delusional moron of a governor claims we are a good state to raise children in.
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May 14 2025

Persistence of Health Spending by Individuals

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
An updated look at the concentration of health spending across individuals.
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May 13 2025

A Mild Inflation Report

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A somewhat milder than expected inflation report shows little sign of tariff impact.
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May 12 2025

Almost a Week of the Anti-Strib, Quite Painful

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Took a few days to overcome my nausea, but here is what the Strib has been up to on behalf of Dems lately.
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May 11 2025

A Whole Book on the Over-Diagnosis Problem

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Doctors overdiagnose to make money and a lot of patients accept it as a way to avoid responsibility for the outcomes of their lives.
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May 10 2025

Minnesota Is Doing Just Great, According to You Know Who

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The quality of life in Minnesota has declined on every dimension over the last 16 years of whacked Dem rule and people are bailing from the state as a result.
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May 10 2025

Climate Hysteria, May 10, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A well-known environmentalist takes on the lies told by the wind and solar power crowd.
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May 10 2025

Now They Are Concerned, Way too Late

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Almost everyone now agrees the epidemic response was futile and very damaging, but don't expect it to change the next time.
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May 09 2025

Treasury Debt Auctions, Week of May 5, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A relatively unexceptional week of US debt auctions.
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May 08 2025

Gender Dis-affirming Care

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
The barbarism of gender-disaffirming care is revealed in a new HHS report.
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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

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
Another weirdly named company, Thyme Care, spices things up by raising a fresh $97 million in capital to support its cancer care managment business.
September 25, 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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