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Jun 23 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 147

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Yet another in our award-winning series of research summaries. Whose award I can't say.
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Jun 22 2022

Medicare Spending During the Epidemic

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Medicare spending declined in 2020 due to a combination of pandemic-related effects.
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Jun 20 2022

More Woke Nonsense in Health Care

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Health care is under assault by the forces of woke doom.
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Jun 20 2022

Coronamononia Lives Forever, Part 146

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Starting the week off with some interesting research nuggets.
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Jun 20 2022

Week-Over-Week Charts, June 17

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
We are in a trendless period now.
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Jun 20 2022

Year-Over-Year Charts, June 17

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A laborious wind-down from the latest wave.
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Jun 20 2022

Wastewater Charts, June 17

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
We give you the straight poop on wastewater monitoring for CV-19.
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Jun 19 2022

Schaudenfauci

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
I do my best Ann Landers or Dear Abby, or whomever the current epitome of social grace is, in regard to Dr. Fauci's encounter with the Dread Virus CV-19.
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Jun 17 2022

Age Structure Charts, June 16

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The latest update in the age structure series.
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Jun 16 2022

Ramblings in the Early Morning

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Hard not to be obsessed with the extremely tenuous and dangerous situation our country finds itself in.
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Jun 15 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 145

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A mid-week drop of research summaries to boost your flagging interest in the epidemic, which is completely justified.
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Jun 15 2022

Climate Quick Hit

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
It is not clear that increasing levels of CO2 drive increased temperature, in fact the relationship may go the other way.
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Jun 14 2022

Reinfections Are Increasing Too

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Reinfections are up along with breakthrough events.
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Jun 14 2022

Breakthrough Events, Age 65 and Over

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
In the oldest age group, boosters have modest protection against serious disease and infection.
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Jun 14 2022

Breakthrough Events, Ages 50 to 64

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The late middle age group displays a similar pattern of limited infection protection from vax, but some protection against serious disease.
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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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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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