Unvaccinated Minnesotans are where almost all cases, hospitalizations and deaths are occurring.
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The current cohort analysis reflects changes in testing and case reporting.
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Active cases have dropped under 1000 in Minnesota and new cases are coming in at less than a hundred a day.
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In a sign that perhaps the capital markets for health care payers and services may return to some semblance of sanity, Bright Health, an insurer and manager of provider networks, went public at around $18 a share, well below the pricing range it was seeking, and in a truly bad sign, declined in price by the end of the day. Similar experience to Oscar Health, which went public earlier this year. These new insurers have to compete with monsters like UnitedHealth, Aetna, Cigna and Anthem, and they will struggle to ever make money that justifies their share price.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-24/bright-health-ipo-tests-market-s-desire-for-new-health-insurersAnother drop of research summaries, from 30,000 feet up!!
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A primary tool for managing the epidemic, the shelter-in-place order, or lockdown, is useless.
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Some interesting research today, but the big ones deserve their own post and will get it shortly.
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A new paper probes the effects of hospital employment of physicians.
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The usual topics, PCR tests, seasonality and vaccination.
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Actual total deaths over a multi-year period in Sweden are running below average.
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A great finding from a newspaper about the 1918 epidemic reveals the lasting (non) value of masks.
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CV-19 is exiting the stage and usual cast of viral villains is re-entering.
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Another company hits the jackpot, as mental health startup Brightline gets $72 million in new financing.
https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/digital-health/gv-backs-brightline-s-72m-boost-expand-pediatric-behavioral-health-services?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mrkid=635530&mkt_tok=Mjk0LU1RRi0wNTYAAAF9uRzEELJAfhNGc5PVN5CGu3h8aa43hVN_FD-HOQIfE39tjOUMcrllJeptqEySKVQ5Kv2sNRuY2V-2FQLOA8c9tLKOzMCxIPGXCyANotEHqjR_r54About 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. 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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