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Jan 27 2021

Another Round of Age Structure Charts

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
CV-19 still is way more dangerous to the elderly than the young.
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Jan 27 2021

Active Cases Analysis Update

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
The latest set of charts on the number of active cases, or infectious people, in Minnesota.
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Jan 27 2021

Once More on Kansas Masks

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
The most fraudulent mask study yet, or at least close to the most, is the Kansas one.
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Jan 27 2021

Cohort Analysis Updated Again

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Not a lot of change in either hospitalization or death rates.
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Jan 26 2021

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 95

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A wide variety of research topics in this set of summaries.
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Jan 25 2021

Vaccines and Variants

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
A little reality check on vaccines and virus variations.
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Jan 25 2021

A Few Catch-up Observations

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Back to reality in Minnesota, where vaccine rollout incompetence dominates, but has serious competition at the federal level.
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Jan 23 2021

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 94

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
Once more into the breach with research summaries, on my last nite in fair Florida weather.
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Jan 21 2021

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 93

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Dropping a few more observations and research summaries.
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Jan 21 2021

What Policies Would Be Best Now

By Kevin Roche Commentary 11 Comments
With a new administration, there could be an opportunity for a better epidemic response, but I would expect it to get worse.
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Jan 20 2021

It Is a Very Dark Day for the Country

By Kevin Roche Commentary 18 Comments
A dismal day for freedom and for our nation and people.
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Jan 18 2021

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 92

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
Even on vacation I pump out the research summaries!!
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Jan 15 2021

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 91

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
A number of observations and a couple of research items.
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Jan 14 2021

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 90

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Yet another selection of interesting research on CV-19, in particular good papers on adaptive immunity and population immunity.
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Jan 13 2021

A Few Quick Observations on Epidemic Developments

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
Some random observations on developments over the last few days.
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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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IKS Health, a British company with a US subsidiary that offers “care enablement” and mentions AI, of course,  is buying TruBridge for $557 million.  TruBridge offers revenue cycle management and...
April 30, 2026
Innovacer, which basically collects data on a patient from multiple sources and aggregates it, raised an astounding $275 million in new capital, supposedly at a valuation of almost $3.5 billion....
April 22, 2026
A company called Whoop raised a ridiculous $575 million in new capital at a supposed $10 billion valuation.  The press release was released on April 1, so I would like...
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....
March 31, 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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