Skip to main content
Healthy Skeptic
search
Menu
  • Commentary
  • Headlines
  • Research
  • Useful Links
  • About & Contact
  • Podcasts
  • search
Close Search
Apr 02 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 122

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A lot of interesting (if you have no life) research, including an important paper on the future direction of CV-19.
Read More
Apr 02 2022

Hospital-Acquired CV-19

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A shocking number of CV-19 hospitalizations are people who got infected in the hospital.
Read More
Mar 31 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 121

By Kevin Roche Commentary 12 Comments
Yet another set of summaries and news notes.
Read More
Mar 30 2022

Breakthrough Events, March 28, Part 2

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The updated age structure of breakthrough events.
Read More
Mar 30 2022

Breakthrough Events, March 28, Part 1

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Another week's update on breakthrough events. Look at the proportion of deaths in the vaxed.
Read More
Mar 30 2022

Age Structure Charts, March 26

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Very little change in the low plateau of events across all age groups.
Read More
Mar 29 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 120

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
What would we do without the continuing surge of epidemic research?
Read More
Mar 27 2022

Bullshit Regarding “Inequities” in Health Care

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
My rant for the week is on the absolute garbage about the need for equity to fight mythical systemic racism in health care.
Read More
Mar 25 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 119

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Actually some pretty interesting research this morning.
Read More
Mar 24 2022

Breakthrough Events, March 21, Part 2

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Breakthrough events by age group.
Read More
Mar 24 2022

Breakthrough Events, March 21, Part 1

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
This week's breakthrough events continue to show a predominance of vaxed ones.
Read More
Mar 23 2022

More Climate Change Nonsense

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Another diversion into the follies of climate science.
Read More
Mar 23 2022

Latest Altarum Institute Health Spending Briefs

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Due to odd pandemic spending patterns, health care spending and price growth is below general growth in those categories.
Read More
Mar 21 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 118

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
More research summaries, heavy on vaccines and the effect of prior infections.
Read More
Mar 21 2022

Are Higher Care Prices an Indicator of Better Quality?

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Higher prices for health care aren't associated with better quality.
Read More
  • Previous
  • 1
  • …
  • 120
  • 121
  • 122
  • 123
  • 124
  • …
  • 421
  • Next

✅ Receive notifications of new posts by email.

About this Blog

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.

Healthy Skeptic Podcast

Research

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

Headlines

There has been a lot of activity lately in the once-hot field of primary care clinics.  Companies going bankrupt, out-of-business, being bought, merging.  Humana, which is now solely a Medicare...
February 18, 2026
Mental health is a very hot health care investment area.  Talkiatry raised $210 million in new capital for its virtual mental health services which utilizes employed psychiatrists, psychologists and other...
February 13, 2026
Investors can take comfort in Solace Health, which provides “advocates” to members in health plans, as it raises a fresh $130 million in capital, which takes its alleged value over...
February 11, 2026
Two health care companies moving in opposite directions reported financial results.  Hinge Health, which offers musculoskeletal condition services, reported strong revenue and earnings growth and projected continued rapid rises in...
February 11, 2026

Tags

Access (89) ACO (165) Care Management (268) Chronic Disease (216) Comparative Effectiveness (81) Consumer Directed Health (71) Consumers (514) Devices (168) Disease Management (149) Drugs (605) EHRs (145) Elder Care (149) End-of-Life Care (97) FDA (85) Financings (1843) Genomics (80) Government (357) Health Care Costs (1428) Health Care Quality (616) Health Care Reform (1227) Health Insurance (1116) Health Insurance Exchange (162) HIT (478) HomeCare (76) Hospital (490) Hospital Readmissions (79) Legislation (78) M&A (1723) Malpractice (84) Meaningful Use (105) Medicaid (334) Medical Care (346) Medicare (607) Medicare Advantage (80) Mobile (89) Pay For Performance (92) Pharmaceutical (211) Physicians (569) Providers (252) Regulation (72) Repealing Reform (133) Telehealth (79) Telemedicine (325) Wellness and Prevention (316) Workplace (117)

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.

Categories

  • Commentary
  • Headlines
  • Research

Useful Links

  • Congressional Budget Office
  • Health Affairs

RSS Feed

RSS feed

© 2026 Healthy Skeptic.

  • twitter
  • facebook
  • linkedin
Close Menu
  • Commentary
  • Headlines
  • Research
  • Useful Links
  • About & Contact
  • Podcasts