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Sep 26 2022

Long-Term Care Deaths

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An update on mortality in our LTC population.
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Sep 26 2022

Why Our Schools Are Dreadful

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The educational system is spending dramatically rising amounts on staff who do nothing but make things worse.
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Sep 26 2022

Tim Walz Is the Biggest Liar in the World

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Contrary to our prevaricating weasel of a Governor, Minnesota had one of the worst records in the country at keeping kids in school.
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Sep 26 2022

Breakthrough Events, September 22, Age 65 and Over

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The elderly have the clearest evidence of benefit against hospitalization from being vaxed.
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Sep 26 2022

Breakthrough Events, September 22, Ages 50 to 64

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The older subset of middle-age adults also sees clearer evidence of benefit from vax in terms of avoiding hospitalizaton.
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Sep 26 2022

Breakthrough Events, September 22, Ages 12 to 17

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Very slight reduction of risk from being vax in this young age group.
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Sep 26 2022

Breakthrough Events, September 22, Age 5 to 11

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The first of the age group specific analysis of vax effectiveness.
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Sep 25 2022

How About a Health Care Changeup?

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A study debunks CMS' concerns that it pays more for the same beneficiary in Medicare Advantage than it would in fee-for-service Medicare.
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Sep 24 2022

Breakthrough Events, September 22, Ages 18 to 49

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Younger and middle-age adults get a fairly clear benefit from vax limiting hospitalization risk.
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Sep 24 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 163

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
This set of research summaries is not all about the vax!!
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Sep 23 2022

Breakthrough Events, September 22

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
The trend in regard to breakthru events is clear and remains steady.
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Sep 21 2022

Renewable Energy and False Advertising

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
Uhhh, Houston we have a problem, in real life no wind or solar plant in Minnesota comes anywhere close to its supposed power generating capacity.
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Sep 20 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 162

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
Chugging along with the research summaries and catching up with the CDC publications.
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Sep 19 2022

Coronmonomania Lives Forever, Part 161

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Fall is coming, winter not far behind, but our sunny research summaries will continue.
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Sep 18 2022

Our Final Example of Stupid Policy for the Evening Involves Phony BS on Electric Cars

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Electric cars are an environmental nightmare, cost a fortune to buy and operate and are not loved by consumers.
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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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IKS Health, a British company with a US subsidiary that offers “care enablement” and mentions AI, of course,  is buying TruBridge for $557 million.  TruBridge offers revenue cycle management and...
April 30, 2026
Innovacer, which basically collects data on a patient from multiple sources and aggregates it, raised an astounding $275 million in new capital, supposedly at a valuation of almost $3.5 billion....
April 22, 2026
A company called Whoop raised a ridiculous $575 million in new capital at a supposed $10 billion valuation.  The press release was released on April 1, so I would like...
April 5, 2026
Big deals continue in health care financings.  eMed, which manages weight loss medications for employers, raises a hefty $200 million, giving it a valuation of $2 billion, which seems crazy....
March 31, 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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