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Nov 16 2021

Reinfection Rates

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
Trying to give people a perspective on relative protection of natural infection versus vaccination.
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Nov 16 2021

Week-Over-Week Charts, November 15

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Week-over-week chart shows potential return to upward movement in cases and hospitalizations?
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Nov 16 2021

Breakthrough Proportions, Updated Nov. 15

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
An updated breakthrough proportions table and chart, based on today's update from DOH.
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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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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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Speaking frankly, Candid Health looks like one of those companies we don’t need in health.  It claims to have new revenue cycle management software that is heavily driven by AI...
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Health care is a big part of the economy so investment dollars tend to flow there, not always wisely.  There is alot of gibberish in this press release from Pearl...
July 9, 2026
InStride Health hit the ground running, well maybe walking, as it raised $30 million in additional capital for its pediatric mental health business.  Children’s mental health would be just fine...
June 17, 2026
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

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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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