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Jun 03 2021

LTC v non-LTC Deaths, June 1

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The proportion of LTC deaths may be bouncing off recent lows as more of the general population gets vaccinated.
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Jun 03 2021

Year-Over-Year Comparison, June 1

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another set of year-over-year comparisons.
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Jun 03 2021

LTC Cases, June 1

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Good graphs to see the effect of vaccines on cases arising in the LTC setting.
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Jun 02 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 77

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Still pumping out research summaries.
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Jun 02 2021

A Brief Note on What Comes Next

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
In Minnesota and most of the US, we have defeated the epidemic, but there will be lingering cases.
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Jun 01 2021

Screwing Up Medicare Even More

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
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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Jun 01 2021

The Milliman Family Health Care Cost Index

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
The latest Milliman report on health costs for a typical family reveals a fluky decline for the first time ever.
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Jun 01 2021

Medical Pharmacy Benefits

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A huge percentage of the increase in health spending is caused by very expensive drugs administered in a provider's office.
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May 31 2021

Remember Remembering Day

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
Reflect on why we should memorialize those who fought to protect our country and its ideals.
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May 30 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 76

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
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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May 27 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 75

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Getting caught up on research before the holiday weekend!
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May 27 2021

Age-adjusted State Death Rates

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Looking at states ranked by per capita, age-adjusted death rates sparks some interesting speculation.
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May 27 2021

CV-19 Deaths by Age

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
CV-19 deaths are wildly bifurcated by age.
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May 26 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 74 (Subtitle: After Ten Months, the Minnesota Mask Mandate Is Finally Working)

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
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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May 26 2021

Active Cases, May 25

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The latest review of active cases.
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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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Press Ganey, which provides market research for health plans and providers , is being purchased by health care survey firm Qualtrics for $6.75 billion.  Both companies claim this is all...
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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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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