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Mar 24 2022

Breakthrough Events, March 21, Part 1

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
This week's breakthrough events continue to show a predominance of vaxed ones.
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Mar 23 2022

More Climate Change Nonsense

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Another diversion into the follies of climate science.
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Mar 23 2022

Latest Altarum Institute Health Spending Briefs

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Due to odd pandemic spending patterns, health care spending and price growth is below general growth in those categories.
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Mar 21 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 118

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
More research summaries, heavy on vaccines and the effect of prior infections.
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Mar 21 2022

Are Higher Care Prices an Indicator of Better Quality?

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Higher prices for health care aren't associated with better quality.
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Mar 21 2022

Year-Over-Year Charts, March 18

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An updated look at the year-over-year charts, from which some interesting facts can be gleaned.
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Mar 21 2022

Week-Over-Week Charts, March 18

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An updated look at week-over-week cases and change in cases shows very low current activity.
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Mar 21 2022

Vax and Unvaxed Cases

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A pictorial look at comparative vax and unvaxed cases, but serious questions about the data.
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Mar 20 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 117

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A few more research gems, okay maybe not gems, but supposedly research.
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Mar 20 2022

Some Climate Change Observations

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
A couple of quick notes on climate propaganda, and that is exactly what it is. Truth hurts.
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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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