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May 10 2021

LTC Cases

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
There does not appear to be any increase in the proportion of LTC cases among staff or residents, contrary to a certain good doctor's concerns.
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May 10 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 62

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Yippee, its spring and I spring some more research summaries on you.
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May 08 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 61

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
A few more observations on Minnesota's lightening up on lockdown measures and the usual medley of research summaries.
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May 07 2021

LTC/Non-LTC Deaths, May 7 Update

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
LTC residents as a source of CV-19 deaths has dropped dramatically.
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May 07 2021

Hospitalization Rates by Age Group

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
A great chart of trends in hospitalization rates by age group. You clearly do not see any evidence of an increase in the rate for younger cohorts, especially children and…
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May 06 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 60

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
Getting caught up on research again, and a glimmer of "normality" in Minnesota.
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May 05 2021

Drug Pricing

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Drug pricing is excessive and hurts consumers, and it is not due to a free market, but to patents.
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May 05 2021

The Race Obsession

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
The racist race obsession, developed by BLM and promoted by the Biden administration and white progressives everywhere, is going to kill this country.
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May 05 2021

Children and Schools

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A quick post focused on children's infections and infectiousness.
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May 04 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 59

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Boston was pretty dead, but here are some observations and research summaries I put together to liven things up on the way back.
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May 04 2021

Cohort Analysis, May 1 Update

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
The current cohort analysis, which suggests that hospitalizations are stable as a percent of cases and deaths are declining.
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May 04 2021

Year-Over-Year Charts, May 1 Update

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Tracking the epidemic for over a year now, via charts.
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May 03 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 58

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
A couple of observations to start the week, but a slow research day.
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May 02 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 57

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
I am sure on a lovely Sunday morning you have nothing better to do than read research summaries, so here they are.
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Apr 30 2021

Age Proportions Charts

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Watching the age group percents for cases, hospitalizations and deaths tells us a lot.
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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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April 5, 2026
Big deals continue in health care financings.  eMed, which manages weight loss medications for employers, raises a hefty $200 million, giving it a valuation of $2 billion, which seems crazy....
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