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Oct 31 2025

Post-acute Care

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Medicare Advantage lowers the use of post-acute care while improving outcomes.
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Oct 31 2025

Health Affairs, October 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The October issue of Health Affairs looked at Medicare Advantage, private equity ownership of providers and vaccine efficacy, among other topics.
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Oct 30 2025

Where Trump Isn’t Getting Enough Credit

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
Trump's efforts at bringing an end to conflicts around the world and at ridding the US of foreign-supplied fentanyl and other illegal drugs are highly laudable.
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Oct 29 2025

An Addendum to the US Debt Auction Post

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The Federal Reserve doesn't control interest rates that matter any more.
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Oct 29 2025

Debunking Climate Hysteria, October 29, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Extinction rates have slowed, not increased, in recent years.
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Oct 28 2025

US Debt Auctions, Week of October 27, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A generally mediocre week of US debt auctions.
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Oct 28 2025

Debunking Climate Hysteria, October 28, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another study debunks the allegedly critical role of CO2 in climate and temperature.
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Oct 27 2025

Q3 2025 Venture Capital Activity

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Private equity and venture capital are the engine of America's economic growth and are moving along at a moderate pace.
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Oct 27 2025

Debunking Climate Hysteria, October 27, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Wind farms are extremely environmentally damaging.
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Oct 26 2025

US Debt Auctions, Week of October 20, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An interesting TIPS auction occurred last week, with a much lower "real" interest rate than similar auctions this year.
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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

Cityblock raises $116 million in new capital, partly to help with the acquisition of Homeward Health.  Cityblock coordinates and provides care in urban settings and Homeward is focused on rural...
August 21, 2026
Happy Health is ecstatic to raise $75 million in new capital for its home health monitoring platform, which helps manage sleep apnea and other problems.  We will see how ecstatic...
August 20, 2026
DocGo, a provider of medical transport services and “mobile” health, is acquiring Hicuity Health, which offers “virtual” care services.  To show you what great investments many of these health care...
August 18, 2026
Hinge Health, which manages care for musculoskeletal and migraine conditions, opens the door to gastrointestinal care with a $105 million acquisition of Cylinder Health, which focuses on managing meds and...
August 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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