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Apr 28 2025

The Blackout in Spain

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Spain is the latest European basket case for how "renewable" power is unreliable, expensive and certainly not green.
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Apr 28 2025

The Anti-Strib, April 28, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Your semi-regular corrective to bad journalism.
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Apr 27 2025

The Anti-Strib, Weekend of April 5, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Several days of pathetic coverage of the news by our local rag.
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Apr 25 2025

Giving People Money Doesn’t Make Their Health Better

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Giving people money, a lot of money, does nothing to improve their health.
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Apr 25 2025

Who Owns US Government Debt

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The US debt pile is huge and the ownership diverse.
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Apr 24 2025

US Debt Auctions, Week of April 21, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A generally poor run of US debt auctions this week.
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Apr 24 2025

More on Autism Causes

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Some follow-up on autism research.
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Apr 23 2025

My Early Trump Admin Predictions

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A couple of obvious predictions are looking pretty accurate.
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Apr 23 2025

The Anti-Strib, April 23, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The Strib is hiring editors to take it even further into whacko-land.
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Apr 22 2025

Venture Capital in 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Not a great start to 2025 for venture capital activity.
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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

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
Two health care companies moving in opposite directions reported financial results.  Hinge Health, which offers musculoskeletal condition services, reported strong revenue and earnings growth and projected continued rapid rises in...
February 11, 2026
And here is why I often wonder what investors are thinking when they make large investments in companies with dubious businesses.  Carbon Health was going to open hundreds of primary...
February 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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