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Dec 02 2022

Breakthrough Events, December 1

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
No real change in event trends in any population sub-category as we head to winter.
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Dec 01 2022

More on the Population Estimates Used For Vax Effectiveness

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
This is a complex and tricky issue, but it appears very clear from our analysis that DOH is using an approach that substantially exaggerates vaccine effectiveness in the 65 and…
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Nov 30 2022

Data Fiddling in the Estimates of Vax Effectiveness for the Over-65 Age Group

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
More questionable methodological selections by Minnesota DOH lead to an overstatement of the effectiveness of the vaccines in the oldest age group.
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Nov 30 2022

Breakthrough Events, November 25

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A slightly delayed update to the data on cases, hospitalizations and deaths by vax status.
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Nov 30 2022

Year-Over-Year Charts, November 28

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Despite some newspaper headlines, there is no sign of any significant uptick in CV-19 events.
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Nov 27 2022

No More Boosters

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
There really is no good reason for people to get endless numbers of CV-19 vaccine boosters, including the new "bivalent" one.
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Nov 26 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 178

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A truly tremendous set of research summaries covering excess deaths, bad effects of the epidemic response, vaccines, population immunity and other fascinating topics.
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Nov 25 2022

Influenza Season

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
We are supposedly in for a rough flu year, so Dave has dug out some comparative data.
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Nov 25 2022

You Can Find Real Climate Research if You Look

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
More evidence on the naked attempts by most climate "scientists" to make data give answers they want.
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Nov 24 2022

Happy Thanksgiving

By Kevin Roche Commentary 9 Comments
May you all have a peaceful and happy weekend.
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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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There has been a lot of activity lately in the once-hot field of primary care clinics.  Companies going bankrupt, out-of-business, being bought, merging.  Humana, which is now solely a Medicare...
February 18, 2026
Mental health is a very hot health care investment area.  Talkiatry raised $210 million in new capital for its virtual mental health services which utilizes employed psychiatrists, psychologists and other...
February 13, 2026
Investors can take comfort in Solace Health, which provides “advocates” to members in health plans, as it raises a fresh $130 million in capital, which takes its alleged value over...
February 11, 2026
Two health care companies moving in opposite directions reported financial results.  Hinge Health, which offers musculoskeletal condition services, reported strong revenue and earnings growth and projected continued rapid rises in...
February 11, 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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