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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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Dec 19 2022

Year-Over-Year Comparison

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Another week, still no signs of a major case rise.
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Dec 18 2022

National Health Spending in 2021

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
An annual report breaks down 2021 health spending.
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Dec 17 2022

More on the Cooked Employment Numbers

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A new government report from a Federal Reserve Bank reveals that in fact the federal government has been massively inflating (i.e., lying about) the pace of job creation in 2022.
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Dec 15 2022

Coronamonomania Lasts Forever, Part 181

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Its snowing here in Minnesota, so I am dropping a blizzard of research summaries.
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Dec 15 2022

Just When You Think CV-19 Research Could Not Be Any Worse

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Two recent "studies" remind us that in our current world you have to dig out the truth for yourself, you can't trust message-driven "science" or researchers.
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Dec 14 2022

Relative Risk Charts-Deaths

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The final set of redone relative risk charts, on deaths.
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Dec 14 2022

Relative Risk Charts–Hospitalizations

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
As with cases, using accurate population sizes introduces massive changes in relative risk numbers for the 65 and over group.
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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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Research

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

Headlines

A company called Whoop raised a ridiculous $575 million in new capital at a supposed $10 billion valuation.  The press release was released on April 1, so I would like...
April 5, 2026
Big deals continue in health care financings.  eMed, which manages weight loss medications for employers, raises a hefty $200 million, giving it a valuation of $2 billion, which seems crazy....
March 31, 2026
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

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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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