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Jan 03 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 80

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
Early in the year and Moronic research dominates the pre-prints.
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Jan 02 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 79

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
The first research summary of 2022 is pretty much like that last one for 2021.
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Jan 01 2022

And One More Thing

By Kevin Roche Commentary 10 Comments
My deepest and abiding gratitude to all of you who read.
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Jan 01 2022

A To-Do List for 2022

By Kevin Roche Commentary 8 Comments
How to make the world a better place in 2022.
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Dec 31 2021

Get the Hell Out of Here 2021 and Oh, Shit, Here Comes 2022

By Kevin Roche Commentary 13 Comments
I don't have a clue what will happen in regard to the epidemic in 2022, but here is a guess about the most significant development.
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Dec 31 2021

Dr. Faust Lets the Truth Leak Out

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
Dr. Fauci admits that child hospitalizations attributed to CV-19 are grossly overstated.
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Dec 31 2021

Age Structure Charts, December 30

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another set of age-structure charts, likely showing some effect of school being out and boosters taking hold.
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Dec 31 2021

Year-Over-Year Charts, December 29

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Year-over-year charts show the impact of vaccines and depletion of the pool of most susceptible persons.
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Dec 31 2021

Week-Over-Week Charts, December 29

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Slow processing at DOH, but the available data right now indicates a downturn in cases and hospitalizations.
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Dec 31 2021

Cohort Analysis, December 29

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Cohort analysis of ongoing case rates shows no real trend in either direction.
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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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Research

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

Color Turquoise Health happy, as it raises $40 million in new capital to support an expansion of its business from price transparency to managing contracts for providers.  Unfortunately the price...
March 18, 2026
Eight Sleep, another one of those weird names that litter health care, raised a new round of capital which supposedly values the company at $1.5 billion.  Eight Sleep sells sleep...
March 10, 2026
Simplistically, high health spending is due to high hospital prices, which is due to excessive market power.  An article shows just how concentrated most US hospital markets are.   In...
March 10, 2026
Mental health companies are very hot.  Virtual mental health services provider Talkspace is being bought by hospital operator Universal Health for around $835 million, a high multiple of revenue and...
March 10, 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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