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Sep 12 2022

Drawing Down the Strategic Petroleum Reserve

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Our incompetent, mentally and from the standpoint of being up to the job, president is endangering our national security by using the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for political purposes.
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Sep 10 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 168

By Kevin Roche Commentary 14 Comments
Meet the new research summaries, same as the old research summaries.
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Sep 10 2022

Thank You and an Explanation

By Kevin Roche Commentary 19 Comments
A thank you to readers, a note about comments, particularly on vax safety.
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Sep 09 2022

Breakthrough Events, September 8, Ages 65 and Over

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
In the very oldest adults, both basic vaccination and a booster appear to have a beneficial reduction of risk.
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Sep 09 2022

Breakthrough Events, September 8, Ages 12 to 17

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Updated breakthrough data for the 12 to 17 group, where the vax are also useless.
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Sep 09 2022

Breakthrough Events, September 8, Ages 50 to 64

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Older adults also get some protection against hospitalization from the vax.
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Sep 09 2022

Breakthrough Events, September 8, Ages 18 to 49

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
For young adults to middle-aged ones, the vax doesn't protect against infection but does seem to reduce hospitalization risk somewhat.
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Sep 09 2022

Breakthrough Events, September 8, Ages 5 to 11

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Looking at breakthrough events by age group, starting with the 5 to 11, where vax are basically worthless.
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Sep 09 2022

Breakthrough Events, September 8

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
This week's breakthrough report shows a return to trend.
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Sep 09 2022

More on Excess Deaths

By Kevin Roche Commentary 32 Comments
These are the most important charts I periodically post--this is what Tim Walz and Jan Malcolm did to Minnesotans--killed them with the terror campaign.
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Sep 08 2022

Excess Death Lies

By Kevin Roche Commentary 14 Comments
There is a lot of garbage about excess deaths floating around out there.
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Sep 08 2022

Electricity Generation Across the US

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Good data on where each part of the US gets its electricity from.
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Sep 08 2022

I Am Back, For What It Is Worth

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
It was depressing to get back to the US after reflecting on all the issues that beset us and the rest of the world.
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Sep 06 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 167

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
The final chapter in our international series of research summaries, not that there is any difference in those done in the US versus overseas.
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Sep 05 2022

More Walz Buffoonery

By Kevin Roche Commentary 8 Comments
The Twin Cities light rail project is the epitome of government waste and mismanagement.
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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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