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Dec 04 2021

Year-Over-Year Charts, December 4

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
The year-over-year, suggests, no, more like insists, that CV-19 is seasonal.
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Dec 04 2021

Active Cases, December 4

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Active cases once more show an apparent decline.
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Dec 03 2021

Age Structure Charts, December 2

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another update on the age structure charts.
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Dec 03 2021

Testing, Testing, Testing

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Another out-of-the-blue change in data reporting by DOH.
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Dec 03 2021

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 62

By Kevin Roche Commentary 8 Comments
Research continues to be very focused on vaccine effectiveness and safety.
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Dec 02 2021

THE MORONIC VARIANT COMES TO MINNESOTA–TIME FOR SUPER-PANIC!!

By Kevin Roche Commentary 9 Comments
The Moronic variety arrives in Minnesota and will end life, especially unintelligent life, as we know it. Would that be so bad?
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Dec 01 2021

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 61

By Kevin Roche Commentary 30 Comments
A few research summaries from the road.
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Nov 30 2021

Hospital Capacity and Use, November 29

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Some good work from Dave Dixon to explain some of the oddities in Minnesota hospital capacity and use reporting.
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Nov 30 2021

Breakthrough Event Proportions Update, November 29

By Kevin Roche Commentary 10 Comments
Soon over 50% of all events will be in the fully vaxed.
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Nov 30 2021

Age Structure, November 29

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The latest version of the age structure charts.
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Nov 30 2021

Que Es Mas Protective? El Vacuna or el infeccion?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
An attempt at ascertaining comparative per capita rates for the vaxed, unvaxed and previously infected.
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Nov 29 2021

KFF Report on Health Plan Benefits in 2021

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A report from the Kaiser Family Foundation describes employer health benefit plans in 2021.
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Nov 29 2021

2022 Medical Cost Trend Expectations

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
WillisTowersWatson gives us their projections for medical cost trends heading into 2022.
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Nov 29 2021

Why Care Management Isn’t Cost-Effective

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A study on the impact of a Medicare cancer care improvement program finds no real value.
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Nov 28 2021

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 60

By Kevin Roche Commentary 11 Comments
As the holiday weekend comes to a close and Moronic terrorism rises, we keep pumping out the research summaries.
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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 company whose valuation I don’t understand, Oura Health which makes the ring that supposedly tracks all kinds of health-related data for people, is acquiring a company called Counsel Health...
November 10, 2026
Cencora, formerly Amerisource Bergen, a large drug wholesaler, is acquiring a greater equity stake in American Oncology Network.  All three of the major drug wholesalers have interests in oncology companies....
October 22, 2026
There is some weird angle here, as Angle Health raises $600 million in a new capital round, but it appears some of it is to provide liquidity to existing shareholders....
September 22, 2026
More AI craziness in health care.  A company called H1 is buying Defacto Health for God-knows how much money.  Both companies claim an AI background and to help with “provider...
September 11, 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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