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May 29 2025

Treasury Auctions, Week of May 26, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The week's debt auctions generally went off pretty well, but at higher yields.
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May 29 2025

Musk Departs, Sadly

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Elon Musk sadly departs any official role in trying to keep the country from going completely bankrupt.
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May 28 2025

Another Look at Excess US Deaths

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A research letter notes that the US had excess deaths compared to other high-income countries before, during and after the epidemic.
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May 27 2025

The Gold-Standard for Drug and Vaccine Safety Work

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
RFK, Jr. is apparently seeking to undermine the gold-standard source of data on drug and vaccine safety.
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May 27 2025

Debunking Climate Hysteria, May 27, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An excellent post indicates that there is no "global" warming and again shows the unreliability of climate models.
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May 23 2025

The Ugly Truth About George Floyd

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
George Floyd was a scumbag criminal, a drug addict and died of a drug overdose, while Derek Chauvin and other officers got railroaded in a show trial.
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May 22 2025

A Few Days of the Anti-Strib, May 22, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Same old, same old at the worthless local paper.
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May 22 2025

The Bond Market Is Not Happy With More Deficit Spending

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A bad US debt auction should be a stark warning to Republicans about the need to prioritize spending cuts.
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May 21 2025

Manufacturing in the US

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A few charts show that manufacturing is actually doing a lot better in the US than JD Vance would have you believe.
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May 21 2025

Trump and House Republicans Are Fiscally Reckless

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The "Big Beautiful Bill" will continue the reckless spending that is destroying our financial state and economy.
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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

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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