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Feb 02 2023

More on the Job Number Follies

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The US Labor Department continues to spread misinformation on the state of the labor market.
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Feb 02 2023

United States Excess Deaths, Part 3

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An initial attempt at calculating national excess deaths.
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Feb 01 2023

United States Excess Deaths, Part 2

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Per capita rates of deaths in the US as Dave continues his excellent analysis of excess deaths.
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Jan 30 2023

Excess Deaths in Minnesota, Part 7 Revisited

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
A revised look at excess deaths and death rates using a ten year baseline.
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Jan 30 2023

Excess Deaths in the United States

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A foray into excess death calculations in the entire nation.
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Jan 28 2023

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 189

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another vax heavy set of research summaries, still not super-effective and definitely not causing lots of adverse events.
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Jan 26 2023

The Cost of Illegal Immigration

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Immigration is likely beneficial, illegal immigration not so much and it costs far more than any benefts.
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Jan 25 2023

Relative Rates of Breakthroughs and Reinfections

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Based on more recent information Dave received from DOH, updated rates of breakthrough and reinfection events.
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Jan 25 2023

A Quick Chart on Energy Sources

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A chart shows what a ludicrous fantasy reliance on renewable energy sources is.
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Jan 25 2023

Equity My Ass

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Women are greatly over-represented as college graduates and this is highly inequitable to men.
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Jan 23 2023

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 188

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
In the depths of winter, the summaries continue to flow.
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Jan 21 2023

Progressives, Teachers’ Unions and Public Health Officials Hate Children

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
What was done to our children during the epidemic was atrocious, but one silver lining is the rapid decline of public school attendance which should lead to the end of…
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Jan 21 2023

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 187

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A few more summaries, which will become scarcer here in future weeks.
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Jan 20 2023

Excess Deaths in Minnesota, Part 7

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
An analysis of excess deaths in Minnesota using ten-year age groups gives a more granular look at trends.
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Jan 19 2023

A Reinfection Rates Update

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Dave finally got some data out of DOH so we can update our reinfection rate charts.
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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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