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Jul 26 2021

The Delta Variant

By Kevin Roche Commentary 8 Comments
Delta terrorism, with all due respect to the late John Belushi, is greatly over-rated.
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Jul 25 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 94

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Almost caught up on the research. Looking forward to yet another week of virus terrorism from our government and experts.
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Jul 25 2021

Breakthrough Infections, Part 2

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
More on the likely age structure of the infections in the vaccinated cohort.
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Jul 25 2021

National LTC Deaths

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Deaths nationally among LTC residents from CV-19 have plummeted.
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Jul 25 2021

UK Deaths

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
A chart demonstrates vaccine effectiveness by comparing deaths in epidemic waves.
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Jul 24 2021

Breakthrough Infections

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
Infections in the vaxxed population need to be looked at in light of age structure, just like for the general epidemic.
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Jul 24 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 94

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
After a brief trip, in catchup mode again, with some interesting research summaries.
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Jul 24 2021

Stupidity Reigns

By Kevin Roche Commentary 9 Comments
Andy Slavitt continues his unabated reign of idiocy and other observations.
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Jul 24 2021

Year-Over-Year Comparison, July 19

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A year-over-year look shows similar testing, lower everything else.
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Jul 22 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 93

By Kevin Roche Commentary 9 Comments
Real work intrudes on my coronavirus hobby, but I will get caught up today.
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Jul 19 2021

A Little More on the Damage to Children from the Epidemic Response

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
There have been no deaths among school-aged children in Minnesota, but lots of suicides and homicides.
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Jul 19 2021

Star Tribune Editorial

By Kevin Roche Commentary 10 Comments
The Star Tribune very generously publishes an op-ed I wrote rebutting the praise of Mr. Slavitt.
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Jul 19 2021

Children Have Suffered a Lot of Harm from the Epidemic

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
While children have endured significant damage during the epidemic, it isn't from CV-19.
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Jul 19 2021

More to See What is Happening with Hospitalizations in Minnesota

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A bunch of charts to help see the current state of the epidemic in Minnesota.
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Jul 19 2021

Testing and Hospitalizations

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Testing falls, so hospitalization rates appear to rise.
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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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IKS Health, a British company with a US subsidiary that offers “care enablement” and mentions AI, of course,  is buying TruBridge for $557 million.  TruBridge offers revenue cycle management and...
April 30, 2026
Innovacer, which basically collects data on a patient from multiple sources and aggregates it, raised an astounding $275 million in new capital, supposedly at a valuation of almost $3.5 billion....
April 22, 2026
A company called Whoop raised a ridiculous $575 million in new capital at a supposed $10 billion valuation.  The press release was released on April 1, so I would like...
April 5, 2026
Big deals continue in health care financings.  eMed, which manages weight loss medications for employers, raises a hefty $200 million, giving it a valuation of $2 billion, which seems crazy....
March 31, 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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