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Jul 01 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 149

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Minnesota reduces the rate of data reporting, which is overdue, and a few more research summaries.
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Jun 29 2022

Breakthrough Events Age 65 and Over, June 27

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Boosters appear to have the most effectiveness in the elderly, who are most at risk.
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Jun 29 2022

Breakthrough Events Ages 50 to 64, June 27

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
For this age group, no protection of boosters against infection, but some protection against hospitalization.
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Jun 29 2022

Breakthrough Events Age 18 to 49, June 27

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
In this age group being boosted is associated with a greater risk of infection, but offers some protection against hospitalization.
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Jun 29 2022

Breakthrough Events Age12-17, June 27

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Not much point in vaccinating 12 to 17 year-olds either.
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Jun 29 2022

Breakthrough Events, Ages 5 to 11, June 27

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A series of age group posts on breakthroughs follows, starting with 5-11 year olds, where vaccination is pointless anyway.
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Jun 28 2022

Breakthrough Events, June 27

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another week, another decline in booster effectiveness.
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Jun 27 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 148

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A vaccine heavy research summary day.
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Jun 26 2022

More Wokeness in Health Care

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Deloitte joins the woke brigade on inequities in health care, providing us with a made-up report on supposed cost consequences.
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Jun 25 2022

State-Mandated Indoctrination

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Minnesota's state bird is the loon and our Governor Walz, the Incompetent Blowhard hisself, is promoting real lunacy by requiring that teachers be experts in racist theories and take a…
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Jun 25 2022

Week-Over-Week Charts, June 24

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another set of week-over-week charts that reveal a pretty much flat trend.
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Jun 25 2022

Year-Over-Year Charts, June 24

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another refresh of the big, big picture of the CV-19 epidemic in Minnesota.
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Jun 25 2022

Age Structure Charts, June 23

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another set of age charts as the number of cases continues its painfully slow decline.
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Jun 24 2022

A Story of Drug Legalization and Unintended Consequences

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
The legalization of marijuana is creating immense harm, especially among young people.
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Jun 23 2022

Breakthrough Events, June 21

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Say it again, "It's an Epidemic of the Vaxed....and Boosted.
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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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