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May 05 2025

Cancer Prevalence and Mortality

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Declines in cancer incidence early in the epidemic are undoubtedly linked to the terror campaign that deterred medical visits.
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May 02 2025

April 2025 Jobs Report

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The April employment report calms fears about a serious economic slowdown.
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May 01 2025

Three Days of the Anti-Strib

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
More drivel from the Strib.
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Apr 30 2025

It’s Melting, It’s Melting, Not

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Despite the massive amount of hot air from Al Gore, Arctic ice refuses to melt or even decrease.
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Apr 30 2025

A Slew of New Econ Reports

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
A full bag of economic releases this morning, with some tariff-related impacts.
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Apr 29 2025

Another Truly Stupid Vaccine Article

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Another insipid CV-19 vax study.
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Apr 29 2025

April 2025 JOLT Report

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An uninspiring jobs-related report for March.
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Apr 28 2025

The Blackout in Spain

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Spain is the latest European basket case for how "renewable" power is unreliable, expensive and certainly not green.
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Apr 28 2025

The Anti-Strib, April 28, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Your semi-regular corrective to bad journalism.
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Apr 27 2025

The Anti-Strib, Weekend of April 5, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Several days of pathetic coverage of the news by our local rag.
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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

A company called Whoop raised a ridiculous $575 million in new capital at a supposed $10 billion valuation.  The press release was released on April 1, so I would like...
April 5, 2026
Big deals continue in health care financings.  eMed, which manages weight loss medications for employers, raises a hefty $200 million, giving it a valuation of $2 billion, which seems crazy....
March 31, 2026
Color Turquoise Health happy, as it raises $40 million in new capital to support an expansion of its business from price transparency to managing contracts for providers.  Unfortunately the price...
March 18, 2026
Eight Sleep, another one of those weird names that litter health care, raised a new round of capital which supposedly values the company at $1.5 billion.  Eight Sleep sells sleep...
March 10, 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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