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Jul 26 2025

Health Affairs, June 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A review of the interesting research in a recent issue of Health Affairs.
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Jul 25 2025

The Anti-Strib, July 2025 Catch-up, Minnesota News Version

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
The local news is just nothing but crime and fraud.
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Jul 24 2025

US Debt Auctions Week of July 21, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A slow week in US debt auctions.
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Jul 24 2025

A Few Days of the Anti-Strib, July 2025, Part 2

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
More critiques of the anti-Trump garbage regularly published in our only and by far worst newspaper in Minneapolis.
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Jul 22 2025

Another Study the Anti-Vaxxers Can Ignore

By Kevin Roche Commentary 12 Comments
Another large study shows no association between vaccines and autism or other health issues.
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Jul 21 2025

2026 Looking Like a Bad Year for Health Insurance Premium Hikes

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
2026 looks like a year with large health care cost increases, which will translate to higher health insurance premiums.
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Jul 19 2025

CO2 Levels and Measurement Methods

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Another hysteric scientific scam busted--how CO2 levels are measured and what they were historically.
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Jul 16 2025

Medicare Advantage Competition

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A new analysis examines competition at the county level for Medicare Advantage plans.
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Jul 16 2025

Debunking Climate Hysteria, July 16, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
As wildfire smoke drifts across much of the northern US, the hysterics use misleading info to try to link it to climate change.
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Jul 15 2025

Debunking Climate Hysteria, July 15, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A long-time environmentalist provides a very rational approach to climate issues and debunks the hysteria.
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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

There are so many health care companies that people struggle to come up with names and we end with weird stuff like Grow Therapy, which nonetheless raised $150 million to...
March 4, 2026
There has been a lot of activity lately in the once-hot field of primary care clinics.  Companies going bankrupt, out-of-business, being bought, merging.  Humana, which is now solely a Medicare...
February 18, 2026
Mental health is a very hot health care investment area.  Talkiatry raised $210 million in new capital for its virtual mental health services which utilizes employed psychiatrists, psychologists and other...
February 13, 2026
Investors can take comfort in Solace Health, which provides “advocates” to members in health plans, as it raises a fresh $130 million in capital, which takes its alleged value over...
February 11, 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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