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Dec 29 2022

Minnesota Excess Death Analysis, Part 4

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another in the ongoing series attempting to ascertain if there is a trend in mortality in Minnesota and what those trends are by age and cause.
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Dec 29 2022

Minnesota Excess Death Analysis, Part 3

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A look at per capita death rates by age group over the last few years.
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Dec 29 2022

Minnesota Excess Death Analysis, Part 2

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Part two of our analysis to see if there have been recent excess deaths in Minnesota and if so, in what age groups and from what causes.
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Dec 29 2022

Most People Have No Idea What Long Run Temperatures Have Been

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Ice core temperature records show what a lie it is to claim we are living in a period of unprecedented warm temperatures.
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Dec 29 2022

Good and Bad Governance Among our States

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Guess which party-run states are all losing population and which party-run states are gaining.
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Dec 29 2022

Why Our Country Is Screwed

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Our universities are completely whacked progressive cesspools where conservatism is banned.
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Dec 29 2022

Incidental Hospitalizations

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Minnesota DOH's hospitalization reporting is completely misleading.
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Dec 28 2022

Another Bad Vax Effectiveness Study

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A new bivalent vax effectiveness study shows both the limited effectiveness of further boosters but also is misused in regard to whether multiple doses increase susceptibility to infection.
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Dec 27 2022

One of the CDC’s Worst Studies Gets a Published Takedown

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
A critique shows that a CDC study pimping masking in schools was a methodological disaster.
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Dec 27 2022

Vaccine Safety in Older Persons

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
The best vax safety studies use large claims or EHR databases, this one on the elderly covered by Medicare finds only one potential issue.
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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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Color Turquoise Health happy, as it raises $40 million in new capital to support an expansion of its business from price transparency to managing contracts for providers.  Unfortunately the price...
March 18, 2026
Eight Sleep, another one of those weird names that litter health care, raised a new round of capital which supposedly values the company at $1.5 billion.  Eight Sleep sells sleep...
March 10, 2026
Simplistically, high health spending is due to high hospital prices, which is due to excessive market power.  An article shows just how concentrated most US hospital markets are.   In...
March 10, 2026
Mental health companies are very hot.  Virtual mental health services provider Talkspace is being bought by hospital operator Universal Health for around $835 million, a high multiple of revenue and...
March 10, 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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