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Aug 18 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 161

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
All the research summaries that are fit to print.
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Aug 17 2022

Year-Over-Year Comparison Chart, August 11

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Another comparison of the multi-year epidemic reveals an apparent plateauing, but testing skews everything.
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Aug 17 2022

Age Structure Charts, Population Rates, August 11

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The population rate version of the age structure of the epidemic, which is a somewhat better way to look at trends by age.
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Aug 17 2022

Age Structure Charts, Raw Numbers, August 11

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another update on the age structure as well--same old, same old--all the serious disease is in older folks.
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Aug 16 2022

Electricity Prices

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Electricity rates are rising rapidly.
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Aug 16 2022

Breakthrough Events, Ages 65 and Over

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
For the 65 and over age group, being vaxed and boosted appears to provide protection against serious disease.
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Aug 16 2022

Breakthrough Events, Ages 50 to 64

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Vaccines appear to do little to prevent infection in this age group, but do seem to inhibit serious disease.
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Aug 16 2022

Breakthrough Events, Ages 18 to 49

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
For young adults, the vaccines have limited protection against infection, but do seem to limit serious disease.
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Aug 16 2022

Breakthrough Events, Ages 12 to 17

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
For this group of older children, vaccines offer no protection from infection and likely no effect on hospitalization risk, which is extremely small to start with.
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Aug 16 2022

Breakthrough Events, Ages 5 to 11

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
For young children, the data shows zero benefit from vaccination.
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Aug 16 2022

Breakthrough Events, Overall Population, August 11

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another week, another update on breakthrough events.
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Aug 15 2022

Crime in Minnesota

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Minnesota's 2021 state crime report is here and shows exactly what you expect in a state and metro area run by ideological idiots.
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Aug 14 2022

How About a Little Big Picture Philosophy?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
A little diversion into the realm of big picture thinking about the existence of the universe and life.
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Aug 13 2022

Minnesota Has a Terrific Business and Tax Climate, Ha-Ha

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
My home state has a horrific tax and business climate, so people are heading out.
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Aug 12 2022

Two Years Two Late, the CDC Gets Real

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
CDC does a half-hearted pullback on its heavy-handed viral suppression efforts and acknowledges the reality that vax aren't limiting either infections or transmission.
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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

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Press Ganey, which provides market research for health plans and providers , is being purchased by health care survey firm Qualtrics for $6.75 billion.  Both companies claim this is all...
October 6, 2025
Another weirdly named company, Thyme Care, spices things up by raising a fresh $97 million in capital to support its cancer care managment business.
September 25, 2025
Sometimes companies change their name, I have no idea why and it often seems goofy.  CapitalRx, which is a pharmacy benefit manager, with aspirations to be a broader technology provider...
September 25, 2025
Innovacer, a health care technology company that claims extensive use of artificial intelligence, is acquiring Story Health, which helps manage patients with chronic care conditions and who need specialty care.
September 18, 2025

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