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Jun 14 2021

Active Cases, June 12

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
If you look at the daily report, you already know this, but there are almost no infectious people in Minnesota.
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Jun 12 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 80

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A steaming weekend in Minnesota leads me to produce some hot research summaries.
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Jun 11 2021

PWC Report on Medical Cost Trend for 2022

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An annual report from PWC's Health Research Institute discusses potential medical spending growth rates for 2022.
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Jun 11 2021

High-Dollar Health Insurance Claims

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
An interesting glimpse into high dollar health claims is provided by a Sun Life report.
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Jun 11 2021

Where the Commercial Health Insurance Dollar Goes

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Wonder where your health insurance premium dollar goes? Look no further than your medicine cabinet and local hospital.
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Jun 10 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 79

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Trying to get caught up on some of the research. Enjoy the end of the epidemic, if you live in a sane state.
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Jun 09 2021

Presented With No Further Comment Needed

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
And people wonder why no one trusts "experts" anymore. Prevaricating weasels.
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Jun 08 2021

You Can’t Trust Scientists

By Kevin Roche Commentary 17 Comments
All too many "scientists" have become nothing more than ideological tools and you can't trust the "science" they produce.
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Jun 08 2021

Cumulative Charts of Important CV-19 Metrics

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Age structure charts, both absolute number and per capita, are a very useful way to see the epidemic.
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Jun 07 2021

Active Cases, June 7

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Minnesota's active cases are the lowest ever.
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Jun 07 2021

Cohort Analysis, June 7

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Pretty much steady as she goes on the cohort analysis.
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Jun 05 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 78

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Observations and research summaries as this winds down.
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Jun 03 2021

Active Cases, June 1

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Active cases are hard to find in Minnesota.
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Jun 03 2021

Cohort Analysis, June 1

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
No significant change in hospitalization or death rates, both are staying low.
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Jun 03 2021

Vaccinations, June 1

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Minnesota is making steady, if slowing progress on vaccinations.
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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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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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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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