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Sep 20 2021

Active Cases, September 17

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Active cases kind of still uncertain which way to go, but stupid testing policies will make them appear to go higher.
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Sep 20 2021

Overview Chart, September 17

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another update on the big picture overview.
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Sep 19 2021

A Political Digression

By Kevin Roche Commentary 16 Comments
Is there anyone who looks at our country right now and doesn't feel despair at what a disaster we have become?
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Sep 17 2021

Data Practices Act Requests

By Kevin Roche Commentary 10 Comments
In which I relate that I am asking the DOH to give us the data they should be giving us, and if necessary I will sue to get it. I…
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Sep 17 2021

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 23

By Kevin Roche Commentary 13 Comments
The FDA bounces boosters for the general population and some other research.
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Sep 17 2021

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 22

By Kevin Roche Commentary 11 Comments
Catching up the weekly Minn. CV briefing disaster as well as a number of studies.
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Sep 16 2021

Event Trend Animations

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
Animations of the events by quarter charts.
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Sep 16 2021

How Much Have Event Trends Changed During the Epidemic?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
An interesting way to look at trends by age group in epidemic events.
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Sep 16 2021

Per Capita Breakthrough Events, September 15

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Another update on per capita estimated rates of cases and events in the vaxed and unvaxed populations.
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Sep 16 2021

Deaths in the US and CV-19

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
A great chart shows how lockdowns and terror campaigns and villifying the police caused more extra deaths than did CV-19 in most age groups.
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Sep 14 2021

The Mask Mandate Worked so Well in Minnesota

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
Look at the spectacular success of the Minnesota mask mandate, the 3Ms in action.
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Sep 14 2021

Breakthough Event Update September 14

By Kevin Roche Commentary 15 Comments
A substantial portion of all epidemic events in Minnesota are breakthrough infection related.
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Sep 14 2021

Cumulative Age Structure, September 14

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The cumulative age structure charts---in terms of serious illness, it is all about the elderly.
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Sep 14 2021

Its Health Care Time

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Summaries from my meat and potatoes, evaluating health care research on topics relevant to our health system.
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Sep 13 2021

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 21

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
More Minnesota evasion and outright prevarication and a few important summaries with a focus on hospitalizations.
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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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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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