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Feb 07 2025

Masking Kids Was Futile and Damaging

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The evidence clearly shows that masking children made no difference in CV-19 infection rates.
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Feb 07 2025

The First Trump Era Jobs Report

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Incorporating major population and job revisions, the report on January jobs is about as expected.
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Feb 05 2025

No Need for More CV-19 Vax Doses

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Studies continue to show essentially no benefit from additional doses of CV-19 vax.
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Feb 04 2025

OK, Here We Go with New Job Numbers for the New Administration

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Nothing super dramatic in the first JOLTS release of 2025.
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Feb 04 2025

Does Anyone Really Not Understand Trump at this Point?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
What happened over three days in regard to tariffs was totally predictable if you understand Donald Trump's modis operandi.
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Feb 04 2025

There Is No Vote Fraud–Ha, Ha, Ha

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A story from Maine gives further creedence to claims that non-citizens are voting, and are likely encouraged to do so by Dems.
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Feb 03 2025

Our Public Non-education System

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Another abysmal report on our educational system.
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Feb 02 2025

Eric Clapton

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Another interesting bio on one of popular music's best instrumentalists--a reformed and long-lasting Eric Clapton.
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Feb 01 2025

This Just In (But Not to Me)–School Closures Were Futile

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Keeping kids out of school and ruining their lives had no impact on serious disease or deaths, but it sure made the idiot Governors who ordered these immoral actions very…
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Jan 31 2025

I Wish I Really Understood the Jobs Numbers

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A regular revision to the BLS employment numbers raises more questions about how accurate the monthly data is.
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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

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
Two health care companies moving in opposite directions reported financial results.  Hinge Health, which offers musculoskeletal condition services, reported strong revenue and earnings growth and projected continued rapid rises in...
February 11, 2026
And here is why I often wonder what investors are thinking when they make large investments in companies with dubious businesses.  Carbon Health was going to open hundreds of primary...
February 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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