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Mar 15 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 115

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The epidemic is on the downslide, but not the onslaught of research summaries.
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Mar 14 2022

One Last Reminder on the Talk and Celebration

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments

Hope all of you can come out tonight around 6:30, the Crystal VFW 5222 Bass Lake Rd.  I will deliver a few remarks and we will all just be happy to be socializing like normal humans and have some fun.

Mar 14 2022

Comparison of Case Rates Updated

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
An updated look at the case rates in vaxed and unvaxed persons for hospitalizations and deaths, following the Omicron wave.
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Mar 13 2022

Two Years On, When Do We Get Our Apologies?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 10 Comments
Two years of bad policy; no apologies likely forthcoming.
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Mar 12 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 114

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
No weekend would be complete without a few CV-19 research summaries.
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Mar 09 2022

Some Health Care Research Nuggets

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
A digression, or rather return, to my health care research roots.
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Mar 09 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 113

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Still interesting and informative research coming out, so I will continue to summarize it for a while.
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Mar 08 2022

Breakthrough Events, March 7

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another update on breakthrough events as reported as a weekly proportion.
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Mar 08 2022

Per Capita Rates, Back to Where We Were

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
DOH fixes the "temporary" errors in its per capita rate calculations.
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Mar 08 2022

Year-over-Year Comparison, March 4

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Probably one of the last in the year-over-year charts as we hit the two year mark and start shutting this down.
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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

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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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