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Feb 13 2021

Age-Adjusted State Death Rates, Redux

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An updated chart of age-adjusted death rates. Supposedly wide open Florida doing better than uber-lockdown California. And Minnesota for that matter.
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Feb 13 2021

An Updated National Age Group Death Rate Chart

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Just as in Minnesota, nationally the age bifurcation of the epidemic is simply dramatic.
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Feb 13 2021

The Mask Stuff is Getting Beyond Silly

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Germany doesn't look so hot after getting all the praise this spring and summer.
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Feb 12 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Park 6

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
It is freezing here, not getting above zero for days, but my brain is feverishly working to crank out research summaries.
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Feb 11 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 5

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
Mask nonsense continues and other research summaries.
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Feb 10 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 4

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
More research on the usual topics, plus some acerbic commentary.
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Feb 09 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 3

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Continuing with research summaries of interest.
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Feb 08 2021

Uncle Joe Sells America’s Childrens’ Lives for Pennies Each

By Kevin Roche Commentary 9 Comments
Our president and governor are willing to sell the lives of children cheaply, maybe we can bribe them into good policy instead of the bad ones teachers' unions buy.
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Feb 07 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 2

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
This one is just research summaries, all research summaries, all the time.
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Feb 07 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 1

By Kevin Roche Commentary 11 Comments
A new dawn, a new series title, same old rehashed research summaries and scintillating commentary.
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Feb 05 2021

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 100

By Kevin Roche Commentary 12 Comments
The last in this series, but fear not, a new one will begin tomorrow, and I use this finale to place a curse upon a certain segment of our society.
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Feb 04 2021

Meteorology and the Epidemic

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
An interesting study on weather factors and viral spread.
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Feb 03 2021

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 99

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
The penultimate version of this series, racking my brain for a new title.
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Feb 02 2021

A Few Numbers and Some Minnesota Nonsense

By Kevin Roche Commentary 14 Comments
Another day in the paradise that is Minnesota, or should I say the pair a dice that is used to determine CV-19 policy.
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Feb 01 2021

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 98

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
I give up figuring out how many research abstracts and papers I have read, but I will keep churning out the summaries.
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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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Angle Health, a vendor of a supposedly artificial intelligence powered health benefits platform for employers raised $134 million in new capital.  All you have to do is mention AI and...
December 4, 2025
Reema Health, which calls itself a complex care management company, reamed investors for $19 million in capital, to be used for the usual “to support growth”.  The firm works with...
December 2, 2025
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

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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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