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Aug 04 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 158

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The week winds down, but not the coronavirus research summaries.
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Aug 04 2022

Reinfection Case Rates

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Re-infection hospitalization and death case rates are a little lower than those for breakthrough cases.
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Aug 03 2022

Health Spending: the Calm Before the Storm

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Health care spending growth has been almost nonexistent for a year and a half, due to far lower health care cost inflation compared to general inflation. That is ending.
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Aug 02 2022

Physician Compensation

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
An updated report relating to clinician compensation gives you a sense of why US health care costs so much.
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Aug 01 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 157

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Vaccine effectiveness, impacts on children and other nuggets.
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Aug 01 2022

Reinfection Data

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
DOH finally responds to requests for reinfection data.
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Aug 01 2022

Year-Over-Year Charts, July 29

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The ongoing look at the big picture epidemic trend.
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Jul 30 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 156

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Another in the endless stream of summaries on CV-19 related research.
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Jul 30 2022

Age Structure Charts, July 28, Population Rates

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Population rates for different age groups show a continued plateau for events, but we are missing almost all infections due to home testing.
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Jul 30 2022

Age Structure Charts, July 28, Raw Numbers

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another week of basically similar numbers of events, no fall, perhaps a slight increase.
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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

Headlines

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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