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Apr 03 2021

Active Cases Update April 2, 2021

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The most recent active cases update shows the uptick in active cases.
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Apr 03 2021

Effects of Vaccination?

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
LTC deaths appear to be declining rapidly following vaccination of this group.
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Apr 02 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 37

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Probably my last missive from suddenly chilly and windy Florida.
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Mar 31 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 36

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
Some mid-week research summaries, as my brain swelters in central Florida.
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Mar 30 2021

Hmmm, Again, on Masks

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another fun masking chart, courtesy of Twitter.
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Mar 29 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 35

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Some important papers on vaccine efficacy, lockdown inefficacy and the true role of asymptomatic spread.
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Mar 28 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 34

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
A quick set of research summaries, as I escape the heat and humidity of Florida for a bit.
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Mar 27 2021

The Neanderthals Are Winning

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
The Neanderthals in Texas appear to have been right to completely open up the state and end the mask mandate. They apparently are smarter than the president.
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Mar 27 2021

Time For Minnesota to End the Mask Mandate to Help Flatten the Curve

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
An interesting chart of upper Midwest states reveals a unique suppression measure only Minnesota is enforcing and that may be facilitating case spread.
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Mar 26 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 33

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
Some observations and summaries and then I am off to the land of the free, Florida, again.
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Mar 25 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 32

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
The usual medley of observations and summaries.
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Mar 24 2021

LTC Versus Non-LTC Deaths in Minnesota

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A visual picture of the impact vaccination may be having on LTC deaths.
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Mar 24 2021

Mask Mandates Are an Effective Tool for Facilitating Spread

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
More strong evidence of the (non) effectiveness of mask mandates.
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Mar 24 2021

Seasonal Coronaviruses

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An interesting spike in the Midwest is occurring with one strain of seasonal coronavirus.
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Mar 24 2021

Lockdowns Work Really Well Too

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
This study featured Minnesota, so gets its own post and a little commentary on the coronavirus briefing.
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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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Eight Sleep, another one of those weird names that litter health care, raised a new round of capital which supposedly values the company at $1.5 billion.  Eight Sleep sells sleep...
March 10, 2026
Simplistically, high health spending is due to high hospital prices, which is due to excessive market power.  An article shows just how concentrated most US hospital markets are.   In...
March 10, 2026
Mental health companies are very hot.  Virtual mental health services provider Talkspace is being bought by hospital operator Universal Health for around $835 million, a high multiple of revenue and...
March 10, 2026
There are so many health care companies that people struggle to come up with names and we end with weird stuff like Grow Therapy, which nonetheless raised $150 million to...
March 4, 2026

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About This Blog

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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