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Mar 22 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 30

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Monday rolls out with a killer post on research summaries, etc. yeah, sure
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Mar 22 2021

Proportion of Cases by Age Group

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
An animation of the the proportion of cases in various age groups since late summer, hoping to catch vaccination effects.
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Mar 22 2021

Active Cases Update

By Kevin Roche Commentary 8 Comments
A quick look at active cases in Minnesota shows the merest uptick.
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Mar 21 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 29

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Just another day in CV-19 land.
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Mar 20 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 28

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
I hope you have better things to do this weekend than read research summaries and commentary, but if not, here it is!!
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Mar 19 2021

Place of Death Revisited

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Looking at place of death, especially by cause of death, can tell you a lot about what the impact of virus suppression efforts has been.
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Mar 19 2021

A Little Rationality, Please

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Just like I did this time last year, I am begging for people to be rational about what is happening and what the risk is.
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Mar 19 2021

Long Term Care Deaths

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Another look at long-term care deaths, by state.
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Mar 19 2021

Florida, Florida, Florida

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Florida has led the way in keeping schools open and some schools there, horror of horrors, don't even require masks.
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Mar 18 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 27

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Another brain dump, on the usual hot topics.
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Mar 17 2021

Some Common Sense on the Virus

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
(A replay of the very first CV-19 post I put up, on March 9, 2020.) Those of us in health care should be fully informed and should be encouraging rational,…
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Mar 17 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 26

By Kevin Roche Commentary 9 Comments
Research summaries covering the usual hot topics--vaccines, variants, masks, schools, testing.
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Mar 16 2021

While I Am on the Topic, Death Certificates in Minnesota

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Untangling Minnesota's death certificates is an arduous labor.
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Mar 16 2021

Still Trying to Figure Out the Death Data Dump

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Death reporting in Minnesota is just goofy.
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Mar 16 2021

More Evidence of the Phenomenal Benefits of Lockdowns

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Lockdowns are really good--at killing jobs.
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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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