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May 07 2022

Age Structure Charts, May 5

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Mild upticks are reflected in this week's age structure charts.
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May 07 2022

Year-Over-Year Charts, May 6

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another rendition of the year-over-year charts.
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May 06 2022

The Mistress of Disinformation

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
I didn't want to talk about this, but the level of absurdity around Presidementia Biden's plan for a Ministry of Disinformation and the clown he proposes to run it, necessitates…
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May 06 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 134

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Ongoing research summarization is occurring, despite my desire to end it.
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May 03 2022

Breakthrough Events, May 2 Part 2

By Kevin Roche Commentary 9 Comments
Vaccine effectiveness against all events is diminishing in all age groups.
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May 03 2022

Breakthrough Events, May 2 Part 1

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The official numbers miss a huge amount of breakthrough cases that are identified by home testing, but this is truly an epidemic of the vaxed at this point.
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May 03 2022

Hospital Onset CV-19 Update

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A lot of people get CV-19 after being admitted to the hospital, way more than even the data says.
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May 03 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 133

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Some interesting research findings as the country undergoes a largely hidden wave of breakthrough Omicron infections.
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May 02 2022

A Couple More Health Research Summaries

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A few health research nuggets from the last couple of years, trying to catch up on a few of the more interesting pieces not related to the epidemic.
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May 02 2022

Age Structure Charts, April 29

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Even though cases are up somewhat, there is little evidence of serious disease.
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Apr 30 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 132

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
I just can't stop summarizing the CV-19 research, which maybe is a long-Covid symptom.
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Apr 29 2022

More Minnesota Rural Temperature Records

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
More data on Minnesota rural weather station temperature trends.
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Apr 29 2022

Breakthrough Events, April 25, Part 2

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Breakthrough events continue to rise in most age groups, both absolutely and as a proportion of all events.
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Apr 29 2022

Breakthrough Events, April 25, Part 1

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
We have an epidemic of the vaccinated and will going forward.
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Apr 28 2022

Going Back to Some Health Care Research

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
For a break some really uplifting health care research news, particularly on why we spend so much money on health care.
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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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