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Jul 25 2021

UK Deaths

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
A chart demonstrates vaccine effectiveness by comparing deaths in epidemic waves.
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Jul 24 2021

Breakthrough Infections

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
Infections in the vaxxed population need to be looked at in light of age structure, just like for the general epidemic.
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Jul 24 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 94

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
After a brief trip, in catchup mode again, with some interesting research summaries.
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Jul 24 2021

Stupidity Reigns

By Kevin Roche Commentary 9 Comments
Andy Slavitt continues his unabated reign of idiocy and other observations.
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Jul 24 2021

Year-Over-Year Comparison, July 19

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A year-over-year look shows similar testing, lower everything else.
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Jul 22 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 93

By Kevin Roche Commentary 9 Comments
Real work intrudes on my coronavirus hobby, but I will get caught up today.
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Jul 19 2021

A Little More on the Damage to Children from the Epidemic Response

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
There have been no deaths among school-aged children in Minnesota, but lots of suicides and homicides.
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Jul 19 2021

Star Tribune Editorial

By Kevin Roche Commentary 10 Comments
The Star Tribune very generously publishes an op-ed I wrote rebutting the praise of Mr. Slavitt.
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Jul 19 2021

Children Have Suffered a Lot of Harm from the Epidemic

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
While children have endured significant damage during the epidemic, it isn't from CV-19.
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Jul 19 2021

More to See What is Happening with Hospitalizations in Minnesota

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A bunch of charts to help see the current state of the epidemic in Minnesota.
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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

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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