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Mar 24 2022

Breakthrough Events, March 21, Part 2

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Breakthrough events by age group.
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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.
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Mar 23 2022

More Climate Change Nonsense

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Another diversion into the follies of climate science.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Mar 21 2022

Year-Over-Year Charts, March 18

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An updated look at the year-over-year charts, from which some interesting facts can be gleaned.
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Mar 21 2022

Week-Over-Week Charts, March 18

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An updated look at week-over-week cases and change in cases shows very low current activity.
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Mar 21 2022

Vax and Unvaxed Cases

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A pictorial look at comparative vax and unvaxed cases, but serious questions about the data.
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Mar 20 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 117

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A few more research gems, okay maybe not gems, but supposedly research.
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Mar 20 2022

Some Climate Change Observations

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
A couple of quick notes on climate propaganda, and that is exactly what it is. Truth hurts.
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Mar 19 2022

Who Does More School Spending Benefit?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
Minnesotans pay more and more for schools, while children learn less and less.
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Mar 18 2022

The Ongoing Consolidation of Large Health Systems and Independent Providers

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A pernicious trend in the US health system has been the consolidation of hospitals and purchase of physician practices by these larger health systems.
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Mar 17 2022

Breakthrough Events, March 14

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
The fully vaxed population accounts for most epidemic events.
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Mar 17 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 116

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Beware a renewed wave of panic and hysteria.
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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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Health care is a big part of the economy so investment dollars tend to flow there, not always wisely.  There is alot of gibberish in this press release from Pearl...
July 9, 2026
InStride Health hit the ground running, well maybe walking, as it raised $30 million in additional capital for its pediatric mental health business.  Children’s mental health would be just fine...
June 17, 2026
GoHealth is another of those excessively valued health startups that was always destined to flounder and not it has filed bankruptcy and the company will be turned over to lenders....
June 8, 2026
Garner Health isn’t gathering any accolades from me, as it raises a new round of $100 million in capital at about a $2.5 billion valuation.   The company supposedly steers...
June 2, 2026

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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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