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Dec 25 2022

Breakthrough Events, December 22

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
This time last year we were in the grip of Omicron, but no sign of any big wave.
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Dec 23 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 182

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A pre-holiday research summary dump.
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Dec 23 2022

Let’s Celebrate Least Light Day With Lots of Renewable Energy!! Ha-Ha

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
In the middle of winter, solar power is likely providing less than 1% of Minnesota's electricity needs.
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Dec 23 2022

Excess Death Analysis, Part 1

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
The first in a multipart series on death trends in Minnesota gives a start by looking at the absolute numbers of deaths over time by age group.
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Dec 22 2022

Canada Follows the US Down the Sewer

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A barbaric crime committed by a "swarm" of young teen girls shows us what we have become, even at the time of Christmas.
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Dec 22 2022

Tim Walz Hires a Racist as the New Health Commissioner

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Minnesota's new health commissioner is a racist through and through, with no knowledge or experience relevant to actual improvement of public health.
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Dec 22 2022

More Inflation and Debt Disaster

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Congress dumps another holiday turkey on the citizenry in the form of a massive unnecessary spending bill.
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Dec 21 2022

Even Over the Holidays, Posts Are Coming

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Got a lot of stuff in the hopper, just a little time-constrained right now and Dave and others are working on a great series on excess deaths.
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Dec 20 2022

RSV Infection Trends

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The RSV wave in Minnesota appears to have peaked.
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Dec 19 2022

Breakthrough Events, December 15

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Yawn, the vaxed or vaxed and boosted are responsible for the vast majority of epidemic events.
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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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This isn’t really surprising, given what you can see in employment and other reports.  Minnesota is one of the state’s viewed as having a bad economy, one that is either...
December 23, 2025
Angle Health, a vendor of a supposedly artificial intelligence powered health benefits platform for employers raised $134 million in new capital.  All you have to do is mention AI and...
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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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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