Good graphs to see the effect of vaccines on cases arising in the LTC setting.
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In Minnesota and most of the US, we have defeated the epidemic, but there will be lingering cases.
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Proposals to lower the age of Medicare eligibility might lower employer health spending, but who knows what other consequences will ensue.
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The latest Milliman report on health costs for a typical family reveals a fluky decline for the first time ever.
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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 to improve care outcomes, but comes with a very high price that stresses payers and consumers.
https://www.iqvia.com/insights/the-iqvia-institute/reports/global-medicine-spending-and-usage-trends-outlook-to-2025?utm_campaign=2021_GlobalMedsPromotion_Enterprise_TC&utm_medium=email&utm_source=EloquaA huge percentage of the increase in health spending is caused by very expensive drugs administered in a provider's office.
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Reflect on why we should memorialize those who fought to protect our country and its ideals.
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Take a holiday break and enjoy this lovely rendering of research summaries. Or maybe you would wisely choose to ignore CV-19 for the weekend.
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Getting caught up on research before the holiday weekend!
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Looking at states ranked by per capita, age-adjusted death rates sparks some interesting speculation.
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In this edition, after ten months the Minnesota Mask Mandate (3M) is finally working. Oh wait, it was ended a couple of weeks ago. Hmmm.
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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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