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Feb 11 2026

January 2026 Jobs Report

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The data is just weird in many ways, making it hard to understand the true state and trend of the labor market.
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Feb 11 2026

The Birth of the Constitution

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
A recent book discusses how the Constitution and its specific terms came into existence.
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Feb 10 2026

High-Dose Influenza Vaccine in Seniors

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
And another one bites the dust, high-dose flu vaccines offer no better protection than regular dose for older adults.
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Feb 10 2026

Health Affairs, December 2025 and January 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Catching up on research presented in a couple of issues of Health Affairs.
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Feb 09 2026

The Strib Day by Day for Over Two Weeks

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Every day the Strib outdoes itself in purveying the worst journalism you can imagine.
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Feb 09 2026

Climate Hysteria Debunked, February 9, 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A couple of more articles on aspects of climate that are ignored by the hysterics.
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Feb 08 2026

Reasons for US Income Inequality

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Income inequality in the US is largely driven by poor behaviors within an ethnic group, not by differences between them..
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Feb 07 2026

Nutshell

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Here is a quick read by Ian McEwan, his usual excellent writing.
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Feb 06 2026

JOLTS for December 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
While the number of job openings appears to be declining, it isn't all bad news.
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Feb 06 2026

Charlton Heston

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Another bio of a film star.
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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

Cityblock raises $116 million in new capital, partly to help with the acquisition of Homeward Health.  Cityblock coordinates and provides care in urban settings and Homeward is focused on rural...
August 21, 2026
Happy Health is ecstatic to raise $75 million in new capital for its home health monitoring platform, which helps manage sleep apnea and other problems.  We will see how ecstatic...
August 20, 2026
DocGo, a provider of medical transport services and “mobile” health, is acquiring Hicuity Health, which offers “virtual” care services.  To show you what great investments many of these health care...
August 18, 2026
Hinge Health, which manages care for musculoskeletal and migraine conditions, opens the door to gastrointestinal care with a $105 million acquisition of Cylinder Health, which focuses on managing meds and...
August 5, 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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