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May 02 2022

Age Structure Charts, April 29

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Even though cases are up somewhat, there is little evidence of serious disease.
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Apr 30 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 132

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
I just can't stop summarizing the CV-19 research, which maybe is a long-Covid symptom.
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Apr 29 2022

More Minnesota Rural Temperature Records

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
More data on Minnesota rural weather station temperature trends.
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Apr 29 2022

Breakthrough Events, April 25, Part 2

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Breakthrough events continue to rise in most age groups, both absolutely and as a proportion of all events.
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Apr 29 2022

Breakthrough Events, April 25, Part 1

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
We have an epidemic of the vaccinated and will going forward.
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Apr 28 2022

Going Back to Some Health Care Research

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
For a break some really uplifting health care research news, particularly on why we spend so much money on health care.
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Apr 28 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 131

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The barrage of research has slowed somewhat but I will keep providing summaries of what seems useful
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Apr 27 2022

The Futility of Suppressing a Respiratory Virus

By Kevin Roche Commentary 9 Comments
A CDC study finds very high prevalence rates of CV-19 infection, particularly among children.
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Apr 26 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 130

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Interesting research continues to dribble in so I keep dribbling summaries out.
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Apr 24 2022

More Temperature Records from Minnesota

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
Interesting to look at actual Minnnesota temperature data from more rural sites. Some warming, some cooling, unclear why the difference.
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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

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
Simplistically, high health spending is due to high hospital prices, which is due to excessive market power.  An article shows just how concentrated most US hospital markets are.   In...
March 10, 2026
Mental health companies are very hot.  Virtual mental health services provider Talkspace is being bought by hospital operator Universal Health for around $835 million, a high multiple of revenue and...
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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