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Aug 27 2022

A Note on Our Pathetic President

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
For purely political purposes of suppressing gas prices until the election, our senile President has depleted the strategic petroleum reserve.
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Aug 27 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 164

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Live from Scotland, it's Research Summaries again.
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Aug 25 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 163

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
Another international drop of summaries, brought to you by the wonders of the internet.
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Aug 24 2022

Cohort Outcome Analysis

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An attempted look at rates of events by cohorts of cases.
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Aug 23 2022

The Subversion of Democracy

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
Minnesota is home to every form of abhorrent pro-regressive totalitarianism and forced adoption of crazy ideologies and policies.
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Aug 23 2022

Age Structure Charts, August 18, Population Rates

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Epidemic events by age group, on a population rate basis.
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Aug 23 2022

Age Structure Charts, August 18, Raw Numbers

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Not much change in the distribution of epidemic events by age.
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Aug 23 2022

Breakthrough Events, August 18

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another week of pretty flat events, with vaxed but not boosted looking better than either unvaxed or vaxed and boosted.
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Aug 21 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 162

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
Even while overseas, the research summaries continue to flow.
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Aug 21 2022

Get Ready for Health Care Inflation

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Health care will do its share and then some to keep inflation high.
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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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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...
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The Office of the Actuary annual report on national health spending, covering 2018.
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2019 Kaiser Family Foundation Employer Health Benefits Report
October 1, 2019
MedPAC 2019 Report to Congress
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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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