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Mar 11 2026

Consumer Price Index for February 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A mild inflation report for February.
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Mar 10 2026

Cancer Trends

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A study examines recent global cancer trends among younger and older adults.
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Mar 10 2026

Last Days of the Strib, Updated

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A last look at the ideological drivel in the Strib for a couple of weeks.
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Mar 09 2026

Tess of the D’Ubervilles

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A novel by Thomas Hardy is engrossing.
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Mar 09 2026

Geographic Variation in Primary Care Spending

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Spending on primary care services shows substantial variation across the country, driven by price differences.
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Mar 07 2026

Health Affairs Issue, February 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A summary of the latest issue of Health Affairs.
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Mar 06 2026

February 2026 Job Numbers

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
The February employment report looks bad on the surface but is actually pretty consistent with prior months.
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Mar 06 2026

The Anti-Strib, February 2026 Catch-up, Part 3

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The final installment but don't worry, more will come later this month.
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Mar 05 2026

The Anti-Strib, February 2026 Catch-up, Part 2

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
I apologize for asking you to read this continuing saga of poor journalism.
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Mar 04 2026

The Anti-Strib, February Catch-up, Part 1

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Another round of catchup from our favorite toilet paper substitute.
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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

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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