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Apr 30 2021

How Minnesota Makes Epidemic Policy

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
The IB is caught red-handed trying to make up after the fact justifications for his actions.
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Apr 30 2021

The CDC Knows There Is No Real Evidence to Support Masking Policies

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
A revealing response from the CDC to a request for data on mask policies.
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Apr 30 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 56

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A light day for research and we were blessed with a second coronavirus briefing this week.
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Apr 29 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 55

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
More messaging from the state DOH and some immune response heavy research.
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Apr 28 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 54

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Research keeps coming and I keep summarizing.
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Apr 27 2021

Catching Up on a Lot of Health Care Research

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
A catch up on a year's worth of health research, all of which I can't get to.
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Apr 27 2021

Excess Non-CV-19 Deaths in Minnesota

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
We have almost 3000 excess deaths in Minnesota that are not due to CV-19, but to the lockdowns and terror campaign. Good work Governor Walz.
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Apr 27 2021

Active Cases Update, April 26

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Active cases have rolled over, peak looks like April 15.
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Apr 27 2021

Hospital Use Update, April 26

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Hospital use is dropping as well. We are in the clear for some time.
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Apr 27 2021

Vaccination Update, April 26

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An update on vaccination progress. It is good, but slowing.
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Apr 27 2021

Year-Over-Year Charts

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
More year-over-year charts, some interesting insights.
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Apr 27 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 53 (Episode Title: Dr. Osterholm Responds)

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
An interesting email exchange and some research summaries.
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Apr 26 2021

Let Us Return to How a Certain Country is Doing

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
There was a different way, as Sweden continues to demonstrate.
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Apr 25 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 52

By Kevin Roche Commentary 12 Comments
Another horrible coronavirus briefing and getting fully caught up on research summaries.
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Apr 24 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 51

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
A set of vaccination heavy research 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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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...
August 21, 2026
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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