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Jun 17 2026

The Latest in Fraudulent “Transgender” Research

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another study supposedly indicating that not catering to the transgender delusion in children leads to suicide bites the dust.
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Jun 17 2026

The Federal Budget and Debt Mess

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
We all want to ignore it, but we have a true disaster in federal deficit spending and amount of debt.
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Jun 16 2026

1984

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
In which I write a lengthy review of the most depressing and prescient novel you will ever read; a warning sign for us all.
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Jun 15 2026

Health Affairs Issue of June 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another summary of an issue of Health Affairs.
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Jun 14 2026

Debunking Climate Hysteria, June 14, 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The IPCC has routinely intentionally exaggerated research findings to create a hysterical narrative around climate change.
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Jun 13 2026

Elon Musk, Success and Hate

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
Elon Musk's companies have brought incredible benefits to Americans and others around the world, so he is hated by Dems.
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Jun 13 2026

The Fate of Empires

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
An interesting paper on the history of "dominant" nations.
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Jun 12 2026

US Debt Auctions Week of June 8, 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A mixed week for US debt auctions, but the overall trend to higher rates is not good for out deficits.
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Jun 12 2026

More on the Stop-Loss Market

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The stop-loss insurance market is facing the same challenges as its client base of self-funded employers.
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Jun 11 2026

The Anti-Strib, Week of June 8, 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A short week's work and now a couple of weeks break on the anti-Strib.
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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

Health care is a big part of the economy so investment dollars tend to flow there, not always wisely.  There is alot of gibberish in this press release from Pearl...
July 9, 2026
InStride Health hit the ground running, well maybe walking, as it raised $30 million in additional capital for its pediatric mental health business.  Children’s mental health would be just fine...
June 17, 2026
GoHealth is another of those excessively valued health startups that was always destined to flounder and not it has filed bankruptcy and the company will be turned over to lenders....
June 8, 2026
Garner Health isn’t gathering any accolades from me, as it raises a new round of $100 million in capital at about a $2.5 billion valuation.   The company supposedly steers...
June 2, 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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