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Aug 19 2025

Ukraine and Russia

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
President Trump is doing great work in his efforts at ending wars, but we need to be cautious that we don't enable barbaric dictators.
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Aug 17 2025

Debunking Climate Hysteria, August 17, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A reformulation of issues about temperature and climate changes provides a good challenge to the hysterical narrative.
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Aug 16 2025

More Evidence of Sharp Health Insurance Price Increases for 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Employer health plans are bracing for cost increases of 10% or more for 2026. The pain will fall largely on employees.
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Aug 15 2025

Podcasts

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Podcasting has resumed.
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Aug 14 2025

Medicaid Work Requirements

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Forcing Medicaid recipients to work or lose coverage has no effect on ER visits or hospitalizations.
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Aug 13 2025

Over-diagnosis in Medicine

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Driven by multiple factors, overdiagnosis is a cause of excess health spending and patient anxiety.
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Aug 12 2025

Debunking Climate Hysteria, August 12, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Research continues to bleed through on the lack of any climate crisis.
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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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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

There is some weird angle here, as Angle Health raises $600 million in a new capital round, but it appears some of it is to provide liquidity to existing shareholders....
September 22, 2026
More AI craziness in health care.  A company called H1 is buying Defacto Health for God-knows how much money.  Both companies claim an AI background and to help with “provider...
September 11, 2026
To show you how AI fever has infected every part of the investing world, this company, Forus, raised $150 million in new capital at a $3 billion valuation by saying...
September 9, 2026
Thyme Care decides its time to party, spicing up its business with a fresh $125 million in capital, with a valuation of over $2 billion.  The company helps manage cancer...
September 3, 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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