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Dec 31 2021

Vaccination Rates, December 28

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An updated vaccination rate chart shows it isn't lack of vaccination that is causing events.
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Dec 30 2021

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 78

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Another research dump, probably the penultimate one for 2021, and I never thought I would be writing them this long.
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Dec 29 2021

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 77

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
I am basking in Florida warmth but still cranking out the research summaries.
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Dec 29 2021

The CDC’s Outstanding Forecasting Record

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
The CDC's forecasting is as good as everything else the agency does.
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Dec 29 2021

CV-19 Deaths in Young Minnesotans

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
A review of deaths in younger Minnesotans supposedly attributed to CV-19 shows that in most the virus had no significant role.
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Dec 28 2021

Proportions of Events in Vaxed Persons by Age Group

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Proportions of events by vax status by age group.
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Dec 28 2021

Breakthrough Events, December 27

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The very latest in breakthrough events, direct from DOH.
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Dec 28 2021

Vaxed and Unvaxed Case Rates, December 27

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Updated case rates of hospitalization and death by age group and vax status.
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Dec 28 2021

Relative Infection Rates

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Given the DOH refusal to provide more accurate data, we do our best job on relative per capita infection rates.
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Dec 27 2021

A Quick Note on Relative Infections

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
As we pass one million detected "cases" in Minnesota a few remarks to note the occasion.
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Dec 27 2021

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 76

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Man, the research doesn't even slow down over the holidays, so just trying to stay as current as possible.
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Dec 27 2021

Age Structure Charts, December 24

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Updated tracking of the epidemic by age group.
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Dec 27 2021

Excess Deaths in Minnesota and Nationally

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A look at excess deaths from various causes in Minnesota and nationally.
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Dec 26 2021

Regional Cases and a National Update

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The blizzard arrives, maybe, in some places and what cases have looked like across the country the last few months.
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Dec 26 2021

North Dakota Relative Infection Rates

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
North Dakota data also shows prior infection-derived immunity is more protective than vax.
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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...
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The Office of the Actuary annual report on national health spending, covering 2018.
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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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