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Jun 06 2022

Age Structure Series, June 3

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The latest in the regular series showing the age distribution of all events during the epidemic.
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Jun 06 2022

Wastewater CV-19 Levels, June 1

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Not sure what the wastewater analysis is telling us.
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Jun 06 2022

Breakthru Events, 65 and Over

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The final age group, everyone over age 65, where boosters show continuing benefit.
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Jun 06 2022

Breakthru Events, Ages 50 to 64

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
On to the middle aged group for our breakthrough event analysis.
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Jun 06 2022

Breakthrough Events, Ages 18 to 49

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
On to the 118 to 49 age group, where there appears to be some remaining benefit of vax in preventing hospitalization.
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Jun 06 2022

Breakthrough Events, Ages 12 to 17

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The next age group for the detailed breakthrough analysis is the 12-17 year-olds.
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Jun 06 2022

Breakthru Events, Ages 5-11

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Breaking the breakthru data into smaller age group posts.
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Jun 05 2022

The Trustees Report on Medicare Funds

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Medicare covers about a fifth of all Americans and the hospital part of the program has an imminent financing crisis.
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Jun 03 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 142

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Summer blossoms as do our ongoing efforts to keep you up on the research.
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Jun 02 2022

Breakthrough Events, From the Omicron Wave Forward

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
During the Omicron wave vaccine performance, including boosters, has steadily trended down, and has basically zero effectiveness in the total population now.
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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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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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