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Oct 23 2022

Health Care Prices and Costs

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A couple of pieces of health care research, one on coming health care inflation and one on supposed administrative waste.
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Oct 21 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 170

By Kevin Roche Commentary 16 Comments
Another debunking the perceived wisdom set of research summaries.
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Oct 20 2022

The Great De-Wokening

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Woke vomitus is poisoning everything in our lives--it must be stopped now.
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Oct 20 2022

Reinfection Data Update

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A good look at updated reinfection data.
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Oct 19 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 169

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
A little slow in catching up but here is a mid-week dose of summaries.
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Oct 16 2022

Breakthrough Events, October 13

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
There are explanatory circumstances, but being unvaxed doesn't appear to raise the likelihood of being infected, hospitalized or dying for the overall population.
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Oct 16 2022

Age Structure Charts, Population Rates

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
As you would expect, if there is still an epidemic, it is disproportionately affecting the older groups, particularly in regard to hospitalizations and deaths.
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Oct 16 2022

Age Structure Charts, Raw Numbers

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Once more for your visual enjoyment, how the epidemic is affecting different age groups.
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Oct 15 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 168

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Halloween is coming, and boys and girls, we have some scary, really scary CV-19 research summaries.
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Oct 14 2022

Natural Gas Prices in 2022

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
Heating your home is going to cost a lot more this winter, thanks to you-know-who, the dunce in the White House.
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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

More AI craziness in health care.  A company called H1 is buying Defacto Health for God-knows how much money.  Both companies claim an AI background and to help with “provider...
September 11, 2026
To show you how AI fever has infected every part of the investing world, this company, Forus, raised $150 million in new capital at a $3 billion valuation by saying...
September 9, 2026
Thyme Care decides its time to party, spicing up its business with a fresh $125 million in capital, with a valuation of over $2 billion.  The company helps manage cancer...
September 3, 2026
Virtual physical therapy company Sword Health sticks it to shareholders by acquiring virtual mental health company Headspace in an all cash deal valued at somewhere between $200 million and $300...
August 29, 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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