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Aug 17 2021

The Mass(k) Delusion Continues

By Kevin Roche Commentary 11 Comments
Most of our population has Twitter-brain and just accepts gargage passed along by the mask religionists.
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Aug 17 2021

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 5

By Kevin Roche Commentary 11 Comments
A few observations in a world gone mad and some research summaries.
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Aug 16 2021

Week-Over-Week Change in Hospitalizations, August 12

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Week-over-week percent change in hospitalizations is another way to look for trends in epidemic trajectory.
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Aug 16 2021

Regional Cases, August 12

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Regional charts allow you to both compare regions and see what is happening YOY in a particular region.
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Aug 16 2021

Week-Over-Week Percent Increase in Daily Cases, August 12

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Trying to find another way to track trajectory, the percent change in cases for a day, week over week, has promise. Here are the initial charts.
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Aug 16 2021

Active Cases, August 12

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The active case update shows the bump but also may indicate plateauing.
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Aug 16 2021

Upper Midwest Case Trends, August 12

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A great chart to see the synchronicity of the epidemic in our region.
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Aug 16 2021

Yeah, Vaccines Are Working Pretty Good

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
Some charts that suggest good effectiveness of vaccines.
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Aug 16 2021

US Excess Mortality Trends

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Excess mortality is below expected levels at this point.
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Aug 16 2021

Regional Deaths, August 12

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
And regional death trend charts. CFR way down.
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Aug 16 2021

National Death Animation, August 12

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
And once more we can look at the pattern of alleged CV-19 deaths.
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Aug 16 2021

National Case Animation, August 12

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Watch the pretty colors change from region to region.
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Aug 15 2021

Our Uber Incompetent and Embarrassing Government

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
Recent world events again reveal how pathetically incompetent and ideologically bankrupt the current administration is.
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Aug 14 2021

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 4

By Kevin Roche Commentary 11 Comments
Vaccines, vaccines, vaccines, is your whole life vaccines? No, we actually cover some other research as well today.
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Aug 12 2021

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 3

By Kevin Roche Commentary 13 Comments
Another vaccine-heavy set of summaries, but some other interesting research thrown in.
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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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