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Jan 21 2022

Heard of Immunity?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
We have population immunity in the correctly understood sense of the term and the epidemic is over in a rational world.
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Jan 21 2022

A Couple of Health Care Research Notes

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Some health care related research for a change.
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Jan 20 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 90

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
Glimmers of hope, likely only to be crushed by the tanks of Tiananamen Square, also known as the politicians and "experts" who run our epidemic response about as well as…
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Jan 19 2022

Has Minnesota Peaked?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Minnesota may have peaked, but the screwed up data processing of recent weeks makes it hard to say definitively.
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Jan 19 2022

Relative Rates of Infection

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
Another chart view of infections among the vaxed, unvaxed and prior infected.
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Jan 19 2022

Breakthrough Proportions, January 17

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The updated proportion of breakthru events from the weekly data dump.
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Jan 19 2022

One Look at Breakthru Events, January 18

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A huge week for breakthroughs, including a lot of hosps.
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Jan 18 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 89

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Vaccines, infection-derived immunity, masking, we cover it all here.
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Jan 17 2022

What I Said at the Start Is Still Pretty True

By Kevin Roche Commentary 8 Comments
I went back and looked at my ads from almost two years ago.
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Jan 16 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 88

By Kevin Roche Commentary 10 Comments
Gloomy, cold weekend in Minnesota and the tiresome choir of doing research summaries never seems to end.
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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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There has been a lot of activity lately in the once-hot field of primary care clinics.  Companies going bankrupt, out-of-business, being bought, merging.  Humana, which is now solely a Medicare...
February 18, 2026
Mental health is a very hot health care investment area.  Talkiatry raised $210 million in new capital for its virtual mental health services which utilizes employed psychiatrists, psychologists and other...
February 13, 2026
Investors can take comfort in Solace Health, which provides “advocates” to members in health plans, as it raises a fresh $130 million in capital, which takes its alleged value over...
February 11, 2026
Two health care companies moving in opposite directions reported financial results.  Hinge Health, which offers musculoskeletal condition services, reported strong revenue and earnings growth and projected continued rapid rises in...
February 11, 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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