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May 06 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 134

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Ongoing research summarization is occurring, despite my desire to end it.
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May 03 2022

Breakthrough Events, May 2 Part 2

By Kevin Roche Commentary 9 Comments
Vaccine effectiveness against all events is diminishing in all age groups.
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May 03 2022

Breakthrough Events, May 2 Part 1

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The official numbers miss a huge amount of breakthrough cases that are identified by home testing, but this is truly an epidemic of the vaxed at this point.
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May 03 2022

Hospital Onset CV-19 Update

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A lot of people get CV-19 after being admitted to the hospital, way more than even the data says.
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May 03 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 133

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Some interesting research findings as the country undergoes a largely hidden wave of breakthrough Omicron infections.
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May 02 2022

A Couple More Health Research Summaries

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A few health research nuggets from the last couple of years, trying to catch up on a few of the more interesting pieces not related to the epidemic.
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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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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

IKS Health, a British company with a US subsidiary that offers “care enablement” and mentions AI, of course,  is buying TruBridge for $557 million.  TruBridge offers revenue cycle management and...
April 30, 2026
Innovacer, which basically collects data on a patient from multiple sources and aggregates it, raised an astounding $275 million in new capital, supposedly at a valuation of almost $3.5 billion....
April 22, 2026
A company called Whoop raised a ridiculous $575 million in new capital at a supposed $10 billion valuation.  The press release was released on April 1, so I would like...
April 5, 2026
Big deals continue in health care financings.  eMed, which manages weight loss medications for employers, raises a hefty $200 million, giving it a valuation of $2 billion, which seems crazy....
March 31, 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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