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Mar 30 2025

One More Addendum to the CV-19 Response

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
A letter to the Strib illustrates the ignorance of many medical professionals.
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Mar 30 2025

The Anti-Strib March 30, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Bad Trumpy, bad, continues and let's talk about what is really wrong with Minnesota's economy.
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Mar 30 2025

There Is No Surge of Cancer Diagnoses

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
More fear-mongering on non-existent increases in cancer diagnoses.
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Mar 29 2025

The Anti-Strib, March 29, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Another day attempting to bring a little balance to the headlines of the day.
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Mar 29 2025

How Stupid is Little Timmy Walz?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Little Timmy puts his nutso self on full display for the nation, as if his performance as a VP candidate wasn't enough.
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Mar 28 2025

Altarum Health Care Spending and Price Reports

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Health care spending continues to grow and health care prices are contributing to ongoing inflation processes.
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Mar 28 2025

The Anti-Strib, March 28, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Two broad themes permeate the Strib's recent front page coverage.
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Mar 28 2025

Don’t Ask Me To Explain Market Behavior

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Inflation concerns persist, but bond prices rose in early trading?
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Mar 27 2025

The Week’s US Debt Auctions, March 27, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
After an acceptable start, the week's debt auctions ended very poorly.
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Mar 27 2025

An Op-ed for the Star Tribune on the CV-19 Response

By Kevin Roche Commentary 9 Comments
The Star Tribune very generously prints an op-ed on Minnesota's CV-19 response.
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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 are so many health care companies that people struggle to come up with names and we end with weird stuff like Grow Therapy, which nonetheless raised $150 million to...
March 4, 2026
There has been a lot of activity lately in the once-hot field of primary care clinics.  Companies going bankrupt, out-of-business, being bought, merging.  Humana, which is now solely a Medicare...
February 18, 2026
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

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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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