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Jun 13 2026

Elon Musk, Success and Hate

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
Elon Musk's companies have brought incredible benefits to Americans and others around the world, so he is hated by Dems.
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Jun 13 2026

The Fate of Empires

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
An interesting paper on the history of "dominant" nations.
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Jun 12 2026

US Debt Auctions Week of June 8, 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A mixed week for US debt auctions, but the overall trend to higher rates is not good for out deficits.
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Jun 12 2026

More on the Stop-Loss Market

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The stop-loss insurance market is facing the same challenges as its client base of self-funded employers.
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Jun 11 2026

The Anti-Strib, Week of June 8, 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A short week's work and now a couple of weeks break on the anti-Strib.
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Jun 11 2026

CPI, May 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The May consumer price index rose significantly, as expected due to the rise in oil prices.
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Jun 10 2026

Minnesota Is Not Even Close to a Good State

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A new ranking of states hilariously gives Minnesota a high score.
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Jun 10 2026

Non-profit Organization Management Compensation Abuse

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The IRS proposes to broaden the tax on excessive non-profit compensation, but has way too high a bar for "excessive".
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Jun 10 2026

The Anti-Strib, Weeks of May 25 and June 1, 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
I am finally pretty much caught up on the Strib and my brain is rotted.
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Jun 09 2026

The Anti-Strib, Week of May 18, 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The never-ending effort to get caught up on the Strib shenanigans.
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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

Included Health wants no one to feel left out, so it is buying Firefly Health, which is attracted to the light of all that money.  Included Health is yet another...
July 29, 2026
Telehealth is still going strong and whenever possible the companies in the field talk about AI.  Doctronic has an “AI Doctor” which you can visit and it is acquiring Summer...
July 29, 2026
Speaking frankly, Candid Health looks like one of those companies we don’t need in health.  It claims to have new revenue cycle management software that is heavily driven by AI...
July 27, 2026
Health care is a big part of the economy so investment dollars tend to flow there, not always wisely.  There is alot of gibberish in this press release from Pearl...
July 9, 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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