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Jun 07 2021

Active Cases, June 7

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Minnesota's active cases are the lowest ever.
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Jun 07 2021

Cohort Analysis, June 7

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Pretty much steady as she goes on the cohort analysis.
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Jun 05 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 78

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Observations and research summaries as this winds down.
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Jun 03 2021

Active Cases, June 1

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Active cases are hard to find in Minnesota.
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Jun 03 2021

Cohort Analysis, June 1

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
No significant change in hospitalization or death rates, both are staying low.
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Jun 03 2021

Vaccinations, June 1

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Minnesota is making steady, if slowing progress on vaccinations.
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Jun 03 2021

LTC v non-LTC Deaths, June 1

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The proportion of LTC deaths may be bouncing off recent lows as more of the general population gets vaccinated.
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Jun 03 2021

Year-Over-Year Comparison, June 1

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another set of year-over-year comparisons.
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Jun 03 2021

LTC Cases, June 1

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Good graphs to see the effect of vaccines on cases arising in the LTC setting.
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Jun 02 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 77

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Still pumping out research summaries.
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Jun 02 2021

A Brief Note on What Comes Next

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
In Minnesota and most of the US, we have defeated the epidemic, but there will be lingering cases.
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Jun 01 2021

Screwing Up Medicare Even More

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Proposals to lower the age of Medicare eligibility might lower employer health spending, but who knows what other consequences will ensue.
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Jun 01 2021

The Milliman Family Health Care Cost Index

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
The latest Milliman report on health costs for a typical family reveals a fluky decline for the first time ever.
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Jun 01 2021

Medical Pharmacy Benefits

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A huge percentage of the increase in health spending is caused by very expensive drugs administered in a provider's office.
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May 31 2021

Remember Remembering Day

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
Reflect on why we should memorialize those who fought to protect our country and its ideals.
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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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Cityblock raises $116 million in new capital, partly to help with the acquisition of Homeward Health.  Cityblock coordinates and provides care in urban settings and Homeward is focused on rural...
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Happy Health is ecstatic to raise $75 million in new capital for its home health monitoring platform, which helps manage sleep apnea and other problems.  We will see how ecstatic...
August 20, 2026
DocGo, a provider of medical transport services and “mobile” health, is acquiring Hicuity Health, which offers “virtual” care services.  To show you what great investments many of these health care...
August 18, 2026
Hinge Health, which manages care for musculoskeletal and migraine conditions, opens the door to gastrointestinal care with a $105 million acquisition of Cylinder Health, which focuses on managing meds and...
August 5, 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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