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Oct 24 2020

Futility, Humility and Balance

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
We need a little balance in appraising risk and taking action.
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Oct 24 2020

Oh, to Live in Sweden

By Kevin Roche Commentary 8 Comments
Once again, I simply must praise the Swedish handling of the epidemic, which clearly has been far superior to that of other countries.
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Oct 23 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 42

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Another set of research summaries for your gloomy, at least in Minnesota, fall day.
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Oct 23 2020

An Update on Cohort-Based Trends

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
This has been updated and corrected. It takes a lot of work to identify rates of outcomes for a given cohort of cases and to track trends in those rates…
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Oct 22 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 41

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
One more smorgasbord of CV-19 research, can't really say it is tasty.
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Oct 22 2020

The CV-19 Death Reporting Process

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
An explanation of the death certificate process.
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Oct 22 2020

Some Morning Reflections

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
A brief reflection on epidemic status and a data clarity request.
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Oct 21 2020

A Few Brief Updates on Minnesota and Elsewhere

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
More carping about data quality and misleading, at best, information from the state.
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Oct 21 2020

More on Those Cases Reported on October 16

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Another update on all those cases reported on October 16.
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Oct 21 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 40

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
The usual topics covered--excess deaths, suicides, cases, masks and smoking.
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Oct 20 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 39

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
A few quick comments and research summaries as I return to the frozen north.
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Oct 18 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 38

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The weekend comes to a close with some more informative research findings.
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Oct 18 2020

A New Normal?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
Lots of talk about a new normal that doesn't sound very pleasant to me.
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Oct 18 2020

Deaths as Reported by Minnesota Versus Date of Death by CDC

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another look at Minnesota's hosed up death reporting versus the CDC's deaths by actual date they occurred.
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Oct 17 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 37

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The research doesn't stop for weekends and neither do 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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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
Another weirdly named company, Thyme Care, spices things up by raising a fresh $97 million in capital to support its cancer care managment business.
September 25, 2025
Sometimes companies change their name, I have no idea why and it often seems goofy.  CapitalRx, which is a pharmacy benefit manager, with aspirations to be a broader technology provider...
September 25, 2025
Innovacer, a health care technology company that claims extensive use of artificial intelligence, is acquiring Story Health, which helps manage patients with chronic care conditions and who need specialty care.
September 18, 2025

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