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Mar 06 2021

The Media Is Completely Biased, What a Shock

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Media bias has been on full display during the epidemic.
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Mar 06 2021

Oh Crap, I Just Can’t Stop With These Mask Charts

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Mask wearing has a dramatic non-impact on cases, as demonstrated by this chart.
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Mar 05 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 18

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The week is coming to an end but not the research, or my research summaries.
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Mar 05 2021

Seasonal/Geographic Pattern to Deaths

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
An animation of the death rate pattern.
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Mar 05 2021

Some Coronavirus Fun, Courtesy of Twitter

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
A couple of items from Twitter that show how much we should rely on "experts".
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Mar 04 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 17

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
There has never been a flood of research on any disease topic like there currently is on CV-19. More summaries.
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Mar 03 2021

Minneapolis Lives in Darkness, “Progressive” Edition

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A few coronavirus and political observations.
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Mar 03 2021

The Seasonal/Geographic Pattern, Part 1

By Kevin Roche Commentary 8 Comments
A cool animation of geographic changes in hospitalization rates.
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Mar 03 2021

Another Round of Age Structure Charts

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
No change in the extreme age bifurcation of the impact of the epidemic.
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Mar 03 2021

One More Time on the Mask Comparisons

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Take a look at Sweden and the UK in regard to mask-wearing and the course of the epidemic. Kind of makes you wonder doesn't it.
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Mar 02 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 16

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
A few slow days on the research front, but catching up now.
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Mar 01 2021

Active Cases Updated Once Again

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Active cases, i.e. infectious people, are way down in Minnesota and likely will stay down.
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Mar 01 2021

And the Cohort Analysis One More Time

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
One more outcomes-based case cohort analysis. Very, very stable.
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Feb 28 2021

….But I Digress

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A Sunday morning digression.
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Feb 26 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 15

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
The usual pithy, if not witty, observations and research summaries, heading into the weekend.
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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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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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