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Apr 14 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 127

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Plugging away with a few more research summaries.
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Apr 12 2022

Breakthrough Events, April 11, Part 2

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
The age structure of breakthrough events, including the percent vaxed, which gives a sense of vax effectiveness.
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Apr 12 2022

Breakthrough Events, April 11, Part 1

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another week with a low-level of CV-19 events, but breakthroughs are a majority in each category.
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Apr 11 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 126

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A couple of interesting studies in this morning's research compilation.
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Apr 10 2022

Age Series Charts, April 7

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The latest in our series of charts of events by age group.
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Apr 09 2022

The US Economic and Financial Situation

By Kevin Roche Commentary 9 Comments
People can ignore it all they want, but our national financial and economic situation is dreadful, with little hope of repair.
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Apr 08 2022

Equity for Boys and Young Men

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
One demographic group, young men, of all races, is in clear distress, but no one cares.
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Apr 08 2022

Venture Capital Has a Mixed Start to 2022

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The National Venture Capital Association provides an early look at what 2022 may bring for the industry.
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Apr 08 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 125

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Rolling along with the research summaries, to what end I am not sure.
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Apr 06 2022

Long-term and Recent Temperatures

By Kevin Roche Commentary 10 Comments
A couple of charts reveal the actual truth--there is nothing "unprecedented" about current temperatures.
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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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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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