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Aug 30 2021

Handling of the Epidemic is Not Good, Nationally or in Minnesota

By Kevin Roche Commentary 14 Comments
A lot of observations about where we are, nationally and in Minnesota, on epidemic policy and communication and it isn't good.
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Aug 29 2021

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 13

By Kevin Roche Commentary 13 Comments
Another weekend wasted doing research summaries.
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Aug 28 2021

Schools and Masks, Special Edition

By Kevin Roche Commentary 13 Comments
Schools are opening, so school terrorism will abound and our children will suffer greatly. We have to stop this.
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Aug 28 2021

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 12

By Kevin Roche Commentary 9 Comments
A lot of research summaries, a couple on more important studies will follow this morning.
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Aug 28 2021

Week-Over-Week Update, August 26

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
An update on the new week-over-week daily change in cases and hospitalizations, which is a good leading indicator for epidemic course.
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Aug 28 2021

US Regional Cases, August 26

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A look at the regional trends in cases.
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Aug 28 2021

Relative Vaxed and Unvaxed Cases in Minnesota, August 25

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Per capita charts of rates of infection among the vaxed and unvaxed in Minnesota, with important caveats.
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Aug 28 2021

Hospital Admissions in Young People, August 26

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
No sign that Delta is causing more serious disease in young people.
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Aug 28 2021

Cohort Analysis, August 26

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another cohort analysis, showing a rise in case rates of hospitalization with a smaller bump in death rates.
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Aug 28 2021

Minnesota Regional Cases, August 26

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The case rise is pretty evenly spread across Minnesota's regions.
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Aug 28 2021

Testing in Minnesota, August 26

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Testing is rising in all age groups as Delta terror spreads.
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Aug 28 2021

Upper Midwest Region Cases

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An updated regional case trend chart, courtesy Twitter.
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Aug 27 2021

The IB Is Struck by Lightening, Leading to Sudden Blast of Reality

By Kevin Roche Commentary 10 Comments
Our beloved Governor, the inestimable Incompetent Blowhard, pauses the blizzard of words long enough to think for a second, and realizes that we can't suppress CV-19 and will have to…
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Aug 25 2021

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 11

By Kevin Roche Commentary 25 Comments
A late nite blast of observations and the usual vaccine-heavy summaries.
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Aug 25 2021

Minnesota Breakthrough Infections, August 25

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A new chart on the proportion of breakthrough cases, hospitalizations and deaths among all such events 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

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October 6, 2025
Another weirdly named company, Thyme Care, spices things up by raising a fresh $97 million in capital to support its cancer care managment business.
September 25, 2025
Sometimes companies change their name, I have no idea why and it often seems goofy.  CapitalRx, which is a pharmacy benefit manager, with aspirations to be a broader technology provider...
September 25, 2025
Innovacer, a health care technology company that claims extensive use of artificial intelligence, is acquiring Story Health, which helps manage patients with chronic care conditions and who need specialty care.
September 18, 2025

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