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Jan 21 2022

We Are Slipping Down the K2 Bottleneck of Economic Disaster

By Kevin Roche Commentary 11 Comments
A gloomy forecast for our standard of living over the next decade and likely beyond.
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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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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

More AI craziness in health care.  A company called H1 is buying Defacto Health for God-knows how much money.  Both companies claim an AI background and to help with “provider...
September 11, 2026
To show you how AI fever has infected every part of the investing world, this company, Forus, raised $150 million in new capital at a $3 billion valuation by saying...
September 9, 2026
Thyme Care decides its time to party, spicing up its business with a fresh $125 million in capital, with a valuation of over $2 billion.  The company helps manage cancer...
September 3, 2026
Virtual physical therapy company Sword Health sticks it to shareholders by acquiring virtual mental health company Headspace in an all cash deal valued at somewhere between $200 million and $300...
August 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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