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Mar 16 2021

Excess Deaths

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
A fascinating chart showing total excess deaths for several countries and the US States for 2020 and 2021 YTD on an age-adjusted, per capita basis.
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Mar 15 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 25

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
More ramblings from my CV-19 addled mind.
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Mar 15 2021

A Little Woke Humor

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
A little dark humor, be funnier if it wasn't so reflective of the pathetic era we live in.
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Mar 14 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 24

By Kevin Roche Commentary 8 Comments
On a plane home, cranking out research summaries.
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Mar 13 2021

Epidemic Curves Are Basically the Same, No Matter the Mitigation Strategy

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Case curves look the same despite very different attempts at suppression.
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Mar 12 2021

A Brief Economic Digression

By Kevin Roche Commentary 8 Comments
The current administration is going to destroy the economy, after a brief period of apparent growth.
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Mar 11 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 23

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Even in lovely, but chilly, Arches National Park I pump out the research summaries.
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Mar 10 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 22

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another in the seemingly unending sets of research summaries.
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Mar 09 2021

Never, Ever Believe a Government or an”Expert”

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
More epidemic garbage behavior from our beloved government.
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Mar 09 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 21

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A few more observations and research summaries.
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Mar 09 2021

The Seasonal/Geographic Pattern, Part 3

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Some visuals on the search for a seasonal/geographic pattern to CV-19 infections.
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Mar 08 2021

The Seasonal/Geographic Pattern, Part 2

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
More summary information from the work on seasonal/geographic patterns.
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Mar 07 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 20

By Kevin Roche Commentary 8 Comments
A number of interesting research summaries from today and a few observations about the distressing state of our federal government and policy.
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Mar 06 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 19

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A lovely, sunny weekend in Minnesota and I am wasting my time reading research.
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Mar 06 2021

National CV-19 Death Statistics

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A great summary chart of national death statistics for supposed CV-19 mortality.
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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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