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May 22 2022

Age Structure Charts, May 20

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another week, another of Dave Dixon's sterling set of age group charts.
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May 20 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 139

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
The title for this series seems apt as the epidemic and resulting research just won't let go.
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May 19 2022

More Health Care-Related Research

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A couple of quick health care research notes, including the latest on national health care spending.
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May 18 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 138

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
Still keeping up with the research Joneses.
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May 18 2022

Case Curve at Different Detection Ratios

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The vast majority of cases are not being reported, but the hospitalization and case rate is extremely low.
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May 18 2022

Breakthrough Events, May 16 Part 2

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The age group version of breakthrough event analysis.
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May 18 2022

Breakthrough Events, May 16, Part 1

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Repeat after me: ITS AN EPIDEMIC OF THE VAXED!!
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May 16 2022

The Effects of High-Deductible Health Plans

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A new paper looks at the impact of high-deductible health plans by income level.
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May 16 2022

Year-Over-Year Charts, May 14

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Another long-term look at the epidemic, variation in reported testing makes case comparisons hard and seasonal effects are not completely clear.
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May 14 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 137

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
A few more studies trickled out in the last couple of days.
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May 14 2022

Week-Over-Week Charts, May 12

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
We may be near the peak in cases in Minnesota's most recent wave, according to the week-over-week analysis.
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May 14 2022

Age Structure Charts, May 12

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another week of looking at events by age group, with a general increase in events.
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May 13 2022

Using Wastewater Data to Track Case Levels

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Our look at wastewater data for tracking the epidemic.
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May 12 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 136

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Once more into the research breach.
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May 10 2022

Breakthrough Events, May 9 Part 2

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The age structure charts for breakthrough events pictorially indicate declining and low vaccine effectiveness in several age groups, particularly against cases.
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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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Cityblock raises $116 million in new capital, partly to help with the acquisition of Homeward Health.  Cityblock coordinates and provides care in urban settings and Homeward is focused on rural...
August 21, 2026
Happy Health is ecstatic to raise $75 million in new capital for its home health monitoring platform, which helps manage sleep apnea and other problems.  We will see how ecstatic...
August 20, 2026
DocGo, a provider of medical transport services and “mobile” health, is acquiring Hicuity Health, which offers “virtual” care services.  To show you what great investments many of these health care...
August 18, 2026
Hinge Health, which manages care for musculoskeletal and migraine conditions, opens the door to gastrointestinal care with a $105 million acquisition of Cylinder Health, which focuses on managing meds and...
August 5, 2026

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About This Blog

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