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Jun 13 2022

We Have a Labor Problem, We Have Multiple Labor Problems

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
We don't have enough people working to sustain economic growth. Government policies are too blame.
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Jun 13 2022

Age Structure Charts, June 9

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The latest age structure charts, with an uptick in hospitalizations in the elderly.
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Jun 13 2022

Year-Over-Year Charts, June 10

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Going on three years of this nonsense.
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Jun 12 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 144

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Not much in the way of useful research, so just doing an interim post on a few studies.
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Jun 09 2022

Revisiting Our Economic Situation

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
Our economy is blessed with high inflation and low growth, a recipe for a satisfied electorate. Oh wait, maybe it is supposed to be the other way around.
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Jun 09 2022

What Do LTC Deaths and Deaths Over Age 75 Tell Us?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Another sign of waning benefit of vax and boosters in regard to death is the proportion of LTC deaths and of deaths over age 75.
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Jun 08 2022

Breakthrough Events, June 6

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Another week of breakthrough events is released by DOH, with vaxed events continuing to dominate.
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Jun 07 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 143

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
On and on it goes, and so do the research summaries.
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Jun 06 2022

Week-Over-Week Analysis, June 2

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another look at the week-over-week analysis shows uncertainty over direction of epidemic.
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Jun 06 2022

Regional Cases, June 4

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
The epidemic winds own with a very low rate of actual case detection, but also a very low rate of any serious disease. Let's let it go.
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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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DocGo, a provider of medical transport services and “mobile” health, is acquiring Hicuity Health, which offers “virtual” care services.  To show you what great investments many of these health care...
August 18, 2026
Hinge Health, which manages care for musculoskeletal and migraine conditions, opens the door to gastrointestinal care with a $105 million acquisition of Cylinder Health, which focuses on managing meds and...
August 5, 2026
If you are a health care company, you too can raise astronomical sums of capital if you claim to be part of the AI wave.  Function Health demonstrates by raising...
August 3, 2026
Included Health wants no one to feel left out, so it is buying Firefly Health, which is attracted to the light of all that money.  Included Health is yet another...
July 29, 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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