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Sep 26 2022

Breakthrough Events, September 22, Ages 12 to 17

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Very slight reduction of risk from being vax in this young age group.
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Sep 26 2022

Breakthrough Events, September 22, Age 5 to 11

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The first of the age group specific analysis of vax effectiveness.
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Sep 25 2022

How About a Health Care Changeup?

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A study debunks CMS' concerns that it pays more for the same beneficiary in Medicare Advantage than it would in fee-for-service Medicare.
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Sep 24 2022

Breakthrough Events, September 22, Ages 18 to 49

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Younger and middle-age adults get a fairly clear benefit from vax limiting hospitalization risk.
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Sep 24 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 163

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
This set of research summaries is not all about the vax!!
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Sep 23 2022

Breakthrough Events, September 22

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
The trend in regard to breakthru events is clear and remains steady.
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Sep 21 2022

Renewable Energy and False Advertising

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
Uhhh, Houston we have a problem, in real life no wind or solar plant in Minnesota comes anywhere close to its supposed power generating capacity.
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Sep 20 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 162

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
Chugging along with the research summaries and catching up with the CDC publications.
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Sep 19 2022

Coronmonomania Lives Forever, Part 161

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Fall is coming, winter not far behind, but our sunny research summaries will continue.
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Sep 18 2022

Our Final Example of Stupid Policy for the Evening Involves Phony BS on Electric Cars

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Electric cars are an environmental nightmare, cost a fortune to buy and operate and are not loved by consumers.
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Sep 18 2022

Pro(re)gressives Never Tire of Their Stupid Policies

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Pro(re)gressive Policies are lunacy in action, never well thought out and always having unintended consequences.
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Sep 18 2022

The Jobs Numbers Are an Empty Facade

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The jobs numbers aren't accurate and the true state of the economy is much worse than official stats suggest.
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Sep 17 2022

Breakthrough Events, September 15

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another week confirms that the report three weeks ago was erroneous.
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Sep 17 2022

Age Structure Charts, Population Rates, September 15

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
And the population rate look at the updated age structure charts.
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Sep 17 2022

Age Structure Charts, September 15, Raw Numbers

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Age structure updated for this week's information.
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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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2019 Kaiser Family Foundation Employer Health Benefits Report
October 1, 2019
MedPAC 2019 Report to Congress
June 18, 2019

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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.
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