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Apr 20 2021

A Travesty and an Injustice

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
A day of deep injustice that should cause enormous anxiety in the country.
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Apr 20 2021

LTC and non-LTC Deaths, April 17 Update

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Watching the LTC to non-LTC death ratio gives us a good hint on the effectiveness of vaccines.
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Apr 20 2021

Active Cases, April 17 Update

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another active cases update.
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Apr 20 2021

Cohort Analysis, April 17 Update

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An update on the cohort analysis.
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Apr 20 2021

Per Capita Rates, April 17 Update

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Per capita, or population-based, rates for the epidemic, including the potential effect of vaccinations.
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Apr 20 2021

Age Group Proportions, April 17 Update

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Trends in the relative proportion of cases, deaths, and hospitalizations from each age group.
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Apr 20 2021

National Case and Death Animations, April 17

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Animations to see the trends over time in national case and death counts.
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Apr 20 2021

Age Structure Charts, April 17 Update

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An updated look at the age structure charts for the entire epidemic.
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Apr 20 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 49

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
More research on vaccines and adaptive immunity and other topics.
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Apr 19 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 48

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A few observations and summaries to start yet another week in coronavirus hell.
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Apr 19 2021

Year-Over-Year Comparisons

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
We are at the point where we can make some comparisons of this year to last spring.
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Apr 19 2021

Who’s Vaccinated

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Vaccinations by age group; getting up there as a percentage.
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Apr 19 2021

Another Interesting Preprint on Mitigation Tactics

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Masking, lockdowns and chicken sacrifice work equally well to control transmission of CV-19.
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Apr 18 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 47

By Kevin Roche Commentary 11 Comments
Catching up a bit on the research and commentary.
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Apr 18 2021

More Third Rail

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
It is incredibly refreshing when someone stands up against the complete destruction of our society by whacko ideologues.
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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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Press Ganey, which provides market research for health plans and providers , is being purchased by health care survey firm Qualtrics for $6.75 billion.  Both companies claim this is all...
October 6, 2025
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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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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