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May 24 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 73

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The pace of research reporting has slowed a bit in recent days, but I will providing regular summaries as research is published.
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May 23 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 72

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The summer weather won't prevent me from getting out research summaries, but a stomach bug did.
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May 21 2021

National Case and Death Animations, May 16

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Latest national case and death animations.
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May 20 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 71

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
Light research day, so a little ranting and a couple of observations.
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May 19 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 70

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Mid-week research summaries.
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May 19 2021

Our Governor Has Done a Horrendous Job of Responding to the Epidemic

By Kevin Roche Commentary 15 Comments
I won't forget what a walking disaster the IB has been during the epidemic and neither should you.
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May 18 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 69

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The usual dump of research, lot of vaccine and adaptive immunity focus.
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May 18 2021

Minnesota Cases, Hospitalizations, Deaths by Age Group, Animated May 16

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
If you watch these animations you can see the course of the epidemic across age groups.
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May 18 2021

Hospitalizations by Age Group, May 16

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Still no sign of the mythic surge in younger age hospitalizations.
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May 18 2021

Year-Over-Year Comparison, May 16

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
The year-over-year comparison is interesting but confounded by so many changes.
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May 17 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 68

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Early in the week research summaries.
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May 17 2021

Vaccinations, May 16

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Vaccinations continue to move along in Minnesota.
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May 17 2021

Epidemic Overview, May 16

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
The epidemic big picture shows why the mask mandate was ended and victory is being declared.
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May 17 2021

Where Are the Breakthrough Infections

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An estimate of how many breakthrough vaccinations are in each age group.
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May 17 2021

LTC Deaths, May 16

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
LTC deaths continue to fall absolutely and as a percent of all deaths.
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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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Another company whose valuation I don’t understand, Oura Health which makes the ring that supposedly tracks all kinds of health-related data for people, is acquiring a company called Counsel Health...
November 10, 2026
Cencora, formerly Amerisource Bergen, a large drug wholesaler, is acquiring a greater equity stake in American Oncology Network.  All three of the major drug wholesalers have interests in oncology companies....
October 22, 2026
There is some weird angle here, as Angle Health raises $600 million in a new capital round, but it appears some of it is to provide liquidity to existing shareholders....
September 22, 2026
More AI craziness in health care.  A company called H1 is buying Defacto Health for God-knows how much money.  Both companies claim an AI background and to help with “provider...
September 11, 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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