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Jan 10 2022

Omicron, OMG, We Are Being Overwhelmed

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A look at the regional and national situation.
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Jan 09 2022

The Star Tribune Commits Journalistic Malpractice, Again

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
No point in being accurate but when you can put out misleading garbage and sell more papers.
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Jan 09 2022

More on Deaths

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
More information on deaths in the non-elderly.
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Jan 09 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 84I

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
Even on the weekend, the research machine keeps spitting out summaries of new papers.
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Jan 08 2022

I Want to Rant, but Will Try to Be Rational

By Kevin Roche Commentary 19 Comments
I don't have much hair left but I am ripping it all out in frustration at our epidemic responses. I will attempt a rational appeal nonetheless.
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Jan 07 2022

Age Structure Charts, January 6

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The updated age series charts show the mischief being caused by increased testing, while serious illness drops rapidly.
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Jan 07 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 83

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Another dump of vaccine heavy research.
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Jan 06 2022

When You Think They Can’t Get Any Stupider, You Are Wrong

By Kevin Roche Commentary 10 Comments
Little Timmy Walz reaches new lows of epidemic policy imbecility.
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Jan 06 2022

Links to Mask Studies

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
Mask study links, as several readers requested, and a timely observation.
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Jan 06 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 82

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
Ripping off a few more research summaries with a lot more to go. May get two dumps in one night, how exciting!!
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Jan 05 2022

What You Won’t Read in the Star Tribune

By Kevin Roche Commentary 21 Comments
For the first time, I had a coronavirus op-ed rejected by the Star Tribune. Too much apostasy.
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Jan 05 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 81

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
Another drop of research summaries and some interesting articles from surprising places.
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Jan 05 2022

Been a Long Time, but I Can Assure You Masks Work as Well as They Ever Have

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
Masks and vaccines are equally adept at stopping community transmission of CV-19.
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Jan 05 2022

Case Rates, January 4

By Kevin Roche Commentary 8 Comments
Relative case rates for the vaxed and unvaxed, based on the crappy and incomplete data shared by DOH.
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Jan 05 2022

Breakthrough Proportions by Age Group, January 4

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Breakthrough events as a proportion of all events, by age group.
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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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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

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