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Nov 02 2022

You Must Be Kidding, You Cannot Be Serious

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Our local source of ideological pap and one-sided non-reporting endorses the Incompetent Blowhard for re-election, noting his "steady leadership".
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Nov 01 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 173

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A little late for your Halloween celebrations, but a basket of research treats for you!
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Oct 31 2022

Breakthrough Events, October 27

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
On an entire population basis, vaxiing and boosting have unclear value at preventing events.
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Oct 31 2022

Breakthrough Events, October 27, Ages 65 and Over

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
In the very oldest age group, being vaxed does seem to show some benefit in terms of infection, hospitalization and death.
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Oct 31 2022

Breakthrough Events, Ages 50 to 64

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
As we get to older age groups, we are still seeing minimal protection against cases, hospitalizations or deaths from the vax.
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Oct 31 2022

Breakthrough Events, October 27, Ages 18 to 49

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A big chunk of the population is in this age group, and the boosted have the highest rates of cases, but vax does seem to limit hospitalization risk for this…
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Oct 31 2022

Breakthrough Events, October 27, Ages 12 to 17

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
For older children, also a very limited or nonexistent benefit of being vaxed.
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Oct 31 2022

Breakthrough Events, October 27, Ages 5 to 11

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
These charts show why the notion of mandating or even suggesting CV-19 vax for younger children makes no sense--it offers them no protection.
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Oct 30 2022

Kaiser Family Foundation 2022 Report on Employee Health Plans

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Employment-related health plan costs were relatively flat from 2021 to 2022. Don't expect the same in 2023.
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Oct 28 2022

Renewable Energy Bullshit

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
$3.8 trillion in renewable energy investments got us nothing but less reliable and more expensive energy sources.
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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

Health care is a big part of the economy so investment dollars tend to flow there, not always wisely.  There is alot of gibberish in this press release from Pearl...
July 9, 2026
InStride Health hit the ground running, well maybe walking, as it raised $30 million in additional capital for its pediatric mental health business.  Children’s mental health would be just fine...
June 17, 2026
GoHealth is another of those excessively valued health startups that was always destined to flounder and not it has filed bankruptcy and the company will be turned over to lenders....
June 8, 2026
Garner Health isn’t gathering any accolades from me, as it raises a new round of $100 million in capital at about a $2.5 billion valuation.   The company supposedly steers...
June 2, 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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