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Feb 14 2026

Debunking Climate Hysteria, February 14, 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A new study suggests multiple episodes of rapid warming occurred in the geologically recent past, before humans were supposedly affecting climate.
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Feb 13 2026

Inflation, February 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A very mild inflation report with good news on the real wage front.
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Feb 13 2026

It Is the Hospitals

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
More evidence that hospital systems are the primary cause of excessive health spending growth.
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Feb 12 2026

US Debt Auctions, Week of February 9, 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Another interesting week in US debt auctions.
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Feb 12 2026

The NYTimes Agrees that Marijuana Is Dangerous and Needs Regulation

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The NYTimes reverse course, recognizing that marijuana is a dangerous drug that needs regulation.
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Feb 11 2026

January 2026 Jobs Report

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The data is just weird in many ways, making it hard to understand the true state and trend of the labor market.
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Feb 11 2026

The Birth of the Constitution

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
A recent book discusses how the Constitution and its specific terms came into existence.
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Feb 10 2026

High-Dose Influenza Vaccine in Seniors

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
And another one bites the dust, high-dose flu vaccines offer no better protection than regular dose for older adults.
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Feb 10 2026

Health Affairs, December 2025 and January 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Catching up on research presented in a couple of issues of Health Affairs.
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Feb 09 2026

The Strib Day by Day for Over Two Weeks

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Every day the Strib outdoes itself in purveying the worst journalism you can imagine.
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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

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
Simplistically, high health spending is due to high hospital prices, which is due to excessive market power.  An article shows just how concentrated most US hospital markets are.   In...
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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