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Aug 12 2025

July 2025 Consumer Price Index Report

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The inflation report is consistent with expectations but not with the economic reality for consumers.
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Aug 11 2025

Days of Rags

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Another set of days of the Anti-Strib, with ample national and local fodder.
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Aug 09 2025

Debunking Climate Hysteria, August 9, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Metropolitan areas are far warmer than their outlying rural regions, accounting for almost all supposed warming in recent decades.
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Aug 08 2025

Another Wonderful Pro(re)gressive Idea

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Decriminalizing drugs has bad consequences for crime, who would have thought that.
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Aug 07 2025

US Debt Auctions, Week of August 3, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Not a good week for US debt auctions, another harbinger that the market is not happy with our deficits.
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Aug 07 2025

Physician Pay in 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A very detailed report on physician compensation in 2024.
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Aug 06 2025

Renewable Energy and Grid Reliability

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A report on America's electricity generation and transmission grid is sobering reading.
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Aug 05 2025

Debunking Climate Hysteria, August 5, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The US Department of Energy releases a report that provides a more rational perspective on climate. I strongly encourage anyone who really wants to understand climate to read this report.
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Aug 04 2025

A Reinforcing Point on the Real Issues With How Job Numbers Are Produced

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A post gives a great explanation of BLS data issues and possible fixes.
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Aug 04 2025

Maryland’s Electricity Crisis Is Already Underway in Minnesota as Well

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Maryland's soaring electric bills and threatened blackouts are coming to Minnesota.
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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

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
IKS Health, a British company with a US subsidiary that offers “care enablement” and mentions AI, of course,  is buying TruBridge for $557 million.  TruBridge offers revenue cycle management and...
April 30, 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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