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Nov 13 2021

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 52

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
After all the breakthrough events work for the week, trying to catch up with a lot of interesting research.
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Nov 12 2021

A Little Crowdsourcing Help on Breakthroughs

By Kevin Roche Commentary 16 Comments
I am being asked for breakthrough data from other states and you can help.
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Nov 12 2021

Breakthrough Events Based on the New DOH File

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The first chart on the new DOH file shows the trend of increasing percents of events in the fully vaxed, which goes along with rising numbers of events as well.
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Nov 12 2021

Overview Chart, November 9

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The updated overview picture shows a sudden u-turn back up in cases and hospitalizations.
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Nov 12 2021

Star Tribune Op-Ed

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
The Star Tribune op-ed for those who can't find it.
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Nov 12 2021

Breakthrough Percent of Total Events Table

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Breakthrough events are steadily rising over the summer and fall.
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Nov 12 2021

Age Structure Charts, November 10

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The age structure charts give the lie to the Governor's statements about children and hospitalizations and show the rise in deaths in the very old.
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Nov 12 2021

Year-Over-Year Charts, November 10

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Year-Over-Year updated chart shows an earlier wave, with ultimate shape yet to be determined, than we saw last year.
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Nov 12 2021

Cohort Analysis, November 10

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An updated cohort analysis shows little change other than a school case related blip.
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Nov 11 2021

Reaction to My Star Tribune Op-Ed

By Kevin Roche Commentary 10 Comments
I must be on to something based on the reaction to my pretty vanilla op-ed.
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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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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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