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Nov 15 2021

A Few Comments on Our Data Difficulties

By Kevin Roche Commentary 8 Comments
It is tiresome to constantly fight with the state over data, but it is also important.
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Nov 15 2021

Breakthrough Case Rates

By Kevin Roche Commentary 10 Comments
Attempting to use the state's inadequate data to calculate case rates by age group and vax status. Very high protective effect of vaccine against death in older groups.
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Nov 15 2021

Breakthrough Events, Again

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Updates to the breakthrough table and chart, based on the latest DOH file release, which still isn't great.
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Nov 14 2021

Age-adjusted Deaths, by State

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Another look at age-adjusted death rates, by state.
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Nov 14 2021

Sweden, Oh Sweden

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Which country may have been smarter about how it managed the epidemic?
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Nov 14 2021

The CDC Can’t Find Something

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Public health agencies should not make claims they can't back up with actual data.
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Nov 14 2021

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 54

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
More weekend catchup research summaries.
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Nov 14 2021

Reaction to the STRIB Op-ed

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
A response to a response to my op-ed, explaining how we are limited by what data we get from the state.
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Nov 13 2021

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 53

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A little more intensive look at some specific research reports.
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Nov 13 2021

This Week’s Minnesota Coronavirus Briefing and Some Breakthrough Thoughts

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
The world is ending, but get vaccinated anyway, according to DOH, and a few thoughts on breakthrough event analysis.
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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

GoHealth is another of those excessively valued health startups that was always destined to flounder and not it has filed bankruptcy and the company will be turned over to lenders....
June 8, 2026
Garner Health isn’t gathering any accolades from me, as it raises a new round of $100 million in capital at about a $2.5 billion valuation.   The company supposedly steers...
June 2, 2026
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

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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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