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Sep 26 2022

Breakthrough Events, September 22, Ages 50 to 64

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The older subset of middle-age adults also sees clearer evidence of benefit from vax in terms of avoiding hospitalizaton.
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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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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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The Office of the Actuary annual report on national health spending, covering 2018.
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2019 Kaiser Family Foundation Employer Health Benefits Report
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MedPAC 2019 Report to Congress
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February 18, 2026
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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
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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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