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Jan 05 2022

Breakthrough Events, January 3

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The Monday breakthrough table and chart.
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Jan 05 2022

Relative Rates by Vax and Infection Status, January 4

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Relative rates of infection among the vaxed, unvaxed and prior infected.
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Jan 05 2022

Reporting Lags for Minnesota Data Through Time

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Knowing when data for a particular day's events are complete is important.
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Jan 04 2022

What’s Going On, What’s Going On

By Kevin Roche Commentary 8 Comments
The madness must end or it will consume us.
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Jan 03 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 80

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
Early in the year and Moronic research dominates the pre-prints.
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Jan 02 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 79

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
The first research summary of 2022 is pretty much like that last one for 2021.
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Jan 01 2022

And One More Thing

By Kevin Roche Commentary 10 Comments
My deepest and abiding gratitude to all of you who read.
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Jan 01 2022

A To-Do List for 2022

By Kevin Roche Commentary 8 Comments
How to make the world a better place in 2022.
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Dec 31 2021

Get the Hell Out of Here 2021 and Oh, Shit, Here Comes 2022

By Kevin Roche Commentary 13 Comments
I don't have a clue what will happen in regard to the epidemic in 2022, but here is a guess about the most significant development.
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Dec 31 2021

Dr. Faust Lets the Truth Leak Out

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
Dr. Fauci admits that child hospitalizations attributed to CV-19 are grossly overstated.
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Dec 31 2021

Age Structure Charts, December 30

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another set of age-structure charts, likely showing some effect of school being out and boosters taking hold.
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Dec 31 2021

Year-Over-Year Charts, December 29

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Year-over-year charts show the impact of vaccines and depletion of the pool of most susceptible persons.
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Dec 31 2021

Week-Over-Week Charts, December 29

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Slow processing at DOH, but the available data right now indicates a downturn in cases and hospitalizations.
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Dec 31 2021

Cohort Analysis, December 29

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Cohort analysis of ongoing case rates shows no real trend in either direction.
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Dec 31 2021

Regional Cases and National Animation, December 29

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Cases are spreading pretty much everywhere, with a similar pattern to last year.
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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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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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