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May 14 2021

Health Care Spending

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Health care spending is likely to rise sharply in the next couple of years.
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May 13 2021

No More Mask Mandate!!!

By Kevin Roche Commentary 18 Comments
NO MORE MASK MANDATE!!!!!
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May 13 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 65

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
More research to catch up with.
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May 12 2021

More Detail on Hospitalizations in Younger Age Groups

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
More charts showing the true state of hospital use by younger age groups.
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May 12 2021

More Evidence of Masks Working, or Not

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
An interesting comparison of mask-mandate and non-mask mandate states.
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May 12 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 64

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Bouncing around on an airplane and still getting off some research summaries.
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May 11 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 63

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
A quick set of research summaries, more later and another set of charts.
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May 10 2021

The India Panic

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
India has a lot of cases and deaths, but isn't close to what the UK experienced.
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May 10 2021

Age-Adjusted Deaths, Updated

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A chart of deaths by state, adjusted for population age-structure, is revealing.
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May 10 2021

LTC Cases

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
There does not appear to be any increase in the proportion of LTC cases among staff or residents, contrary to a certain good doctor's concerns.
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May 10 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 62

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Yippee, its spring and I spring some more research summaries on you.
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May 08 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 61

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
A few more observations on Minnesota's lightening up on lockdown measures and the usual medley of research summaries.
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May 07 2021

LTC/Non-LTC Deaths, May 7 Update

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
LTC residents as a source of CV-19 deaths has dropped dramatically.
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May 07 2021

Hospitalization Rates by Age Group

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
A great chart of trends in hospitalization rates by age group. You clearly do not see any evidence of an increase in the rate for younger cohorts, especially children and…
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May 06 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 60

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
Getting caught up on research again, and a glimmer of "normality" 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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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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