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Jan 01 2026

Not Sure How to Explain this Interaction

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The publisher of the Minnesota Star Tribune replies to an email, which he likely now regrets.
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Jan 01 2026

Happy New Year, We’ll See How Happy We Are at the End of It!!

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
I hope each of you is having a truly warm holiday period and that 2026 brings you many blessings.
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Dec 31 2025

Debunking Climate Hysteria, December 31, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A couple of new studies provide further undermining of the climate hysterics narrative.
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Dec 31 2025

Additional Employee Health Benefits Information for 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A couple more reports relating to employer health benefit plans and high cost claims.
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Dec 30 2025

How Concentrated Is the US Health Insurance Market

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A couple of studies examine trends in concentration in the health insurance market.
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Dec 29 2025

Anti-depressant Medications Have a Depressing Number of Side Effects

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Medications for depression can cause a variety of physiological changes, some of which may be harmful.
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Dec 29 2025

Big Sigh, I Hate to Keep Writing about This Topic

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Yet another study finds that the CV-19 vax cannot possibly be associated in any meaningful way, or any way at all, with deaths.
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Dec 28 2025

Cary Grant

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Cary Grant is one of the all-time screen idols.
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Dec 27 2025

A Few Days of the Anti-Strib, December 27, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The woeful Star Tribune unfortunately continues publication.
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Dec 25 2025

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Have a wonderful holiday.
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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 is some weird angle here, as Angle Health raises $600 million in a new capital round, but it appears some of it is to provide liquidity to existing shareholders....
September 22, 2026
More AI craziness in health care.  A company called H1 is buying Defacto Health for God-knows how much money.  Both companies claim an AI background and to help with “provider...
September 11, 2026
To show you how AI fever has infected every part of the investing world, this company, Forus, raised $150 million in new capital at a $3 billion valuation by saying...
September 9, 2026
Thyme Care decides its time to party, spicing up its business with a fresh $125 million in capital, with a valuation of over $2 billion.  The company helps manage cancer...
September 3, 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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