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Dec 11 2022

Breakthrough Events, December 8

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
Same old same old on the breakthrough reports, in terms of raw numbers it is all about the vaxed and the boosted.
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Dec 11 2022

Regional Trends

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A look across the US finds no evidence of any significant CV-19 wave.
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Dec 11 2022

Year-Over-Year Charts, December 8

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The evidence does not suggest we are having a CV-19 wave, notwithstanding some fear-mongering by our esteemed public health officials.
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Dec 08 2022

“Unprecedented Warmth”, or at Least Unprecedented BS

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A new study using old DNA shows that Greenland was far, far warmer as recently as a million years than it is today.
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Dec 08 2022

The Structure of the Health Care Industry in America

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
All aspects of America's health care system have concentrated markets which is the major factor in our high prices and high health spending.
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Dec 08 2022

Renewable Energy is a Fantasy

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Battery storage is perhaps the most delusional aspect of the ludicrous notion that humanity would be better off using "renewable" energy.
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Dec 07 2022

The Epidemic and Children

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Children suffered incredible damage to their health, including mental health, and social and educational development as a result of the epidemic response.
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Dec 07 2022

Health Care Price Inflation is Just Beginning

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A new report gives a good background on health care's contribution to inflation.
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Dec 07 2022

A Final Comment on the 2022 Mid-Terms

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
Trump has been a disaster for the Republican party in the midterms and needs to exit quickly.
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Dec 06 2022

The Real Vax Effectiveness Rates

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
The culiminating post in this series shows an even greater overstatement of vax effectiveness in the 65 and over age group.
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Dec 06 2022

Minnesota Excess Death Update

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Another look at non-CV-19 excess deaths in Minnesota, which likely are equal to or more than the actual CV-19 deaths.
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Dec 05 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 180

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Pretty much caught up with the short set of research summaries on the usual topics.
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Dec 04 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 179

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
The first of catchup posts on recent research.
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Dec 03 2022

Once More into the Renewable Energy Breach

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Wind farms are an environmental nightmare and disrupt the regional sea food chains.
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Dec 03 2022

The Clock is Ticking for Tik-Tok

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Tik-Tok is controlled by the Chinese government and used by it to interfere in US elections and policymaking.
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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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December 4, 2025
Reema Health, which calls itself a complex care management company, reamed investors for $19 million in capital, to be used for the usual “to support growth”.  The firm works with...
December 2, 2025
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

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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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