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Dec 31 2025

Additional Employee Health Benefits Information for 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A couple more reports relating to employer health benefit plans and high cost claims.
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Dec 30 2025

How Concentrated Is the US Health Insurance Market

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A couple of studies examine trends in concentration in the health insurance market.
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Dec 29 2025

Anti-depressant Medications Have a Depressing Number of Side Effects

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Medications for depression can cause a variety of physiological changes, some of which may be harmful.
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Dec 29 2025

Big Sigh, I Hate to Keep Writing about This Topic

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Yet another study finds that the CV-19 vax cannot possibly be associated in any meaningful way, or any way at all, with deaths.
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Dec 28 2025

Cary Grant

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Cary Grant is one of the all-time screen idols.
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Dec 27 2025

A Few Days of the Anti-Strib, December 27, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The woeful Star Tribune unfortunately continues publication.
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Dec 25 2025

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Have a wonderful holiday.
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Dec 24 2025

US Debt Auctions, Week of December 22, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Bad start to the week's auctions, but a better finish.
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Dec 24 2025

There Is No Medical Benefit from THC Use

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
THC has very few, if any, medical benefits and is a dangerous drug.
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Dec 23 2025

Third Quarter 2025 GDP Growth

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
US economic growth was higher than expected in the third quarter, but some components are troubling.
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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

Headlines

Health care is a big part of the economy so investment dollars tend to flow there, not always wisely.  There is alot of gibberish in this press release from Pearl...
July 9, 2026
InStride Health hit the ground running, well maybe walking, as it raised $30 million in additional capital for its pediatric mental health business.  Children’s mental health would be just fine...
June 17, 2026
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

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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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