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Nov 08 2020

Two Obvious Circumstances to Consider

By Kevin Roche Commentary 17 Comments
Two circumstances demonstrate the futility of current mitigation tactics to stop CV-19 spread. We are doing tremendous damage using tactics that are ineffective.
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Nov 07 2020

The Lowbrow Crowd Arrives

By Kevin Roche Commentary 9 Comments
Don't read the blog if you aren't interested in a thoughtful discussion of the science and the data relating to the epidemic and don't comment if you have no intellectual…
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Nov 06 2020

Get Ready, Minnesota

By Kevin Roche Commentary 43 Comments
A little ranting on the latest coronavirus briefing.
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Nov 06 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 54

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
More research summaries, some good news in regard to immune protection, lots of bad news on lockdowns.
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Nov 06 2020

An Interesting Trend Chart

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A chart suggests that visits for CV-19 symptoms may already have plateaued, meaning the peak of the fall wave may be near.
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Nov 05 2020

A Little Late Night Rambling

By Kevin Roche Commentary 9 Comments
A few random thoughts on the epidemic, in Minnesota and everywhere.
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Nov 05 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 53

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
More research catchup for your morning edification.
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Nov 04 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 52

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
Suffering from post-election blahs? This collection of CV-19 research will be diverting.
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Nov 04 2020

Yet Another Sterling Performance by the Mask Brigade

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
More evidence of the enormous benefits of mask wearing, if you are the Grim Reaper.
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Nov 03 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 51

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A quick observation and a couple of quick research summaries. Many more tomorrow after I have recovered from too much yard work today.
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Nov 02 2020

It Looks Grim, But It Isn’t That Bad

By Kevin Roche Commentary 10 Comments
The situation may appear bad in the upper Midwest, but it isn't all that grim.
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Nov 02 2020

Lags in Data Reporting

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Here is what I think I have learned about typical lags on Minnesota data and when the events underlying data reported on a certain day actually occurred.
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Nov 02 2020

The Voice of Reason and Balance

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
An interview with the lead person on the Swedish epidemic response.
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Nov 01 2020

An Illustration of Death Pull-Forwards

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A chart shows how deaths have been pulled forward among the very elderly.
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Nov 01 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 50

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Time changes, but not the flow of CV research.
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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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Eight Sleep, another one of those weird names that litter health care, raised a new round of capital which supposedly values the company at $1.5 billion.  Eight Sleep sells sleep...
March 10, 2026
Simplistically, high health spending is due to high hospital prices, which is due to excessive market power.  An article shows just how concentrated most US hospital markets are.   In...
March 10, 2026
Mental health companies are very hot.  Virtual mental health services provider Talkspace is being bought by hospital operator Universal Health for around $835 million, a high multiple of revenue and...
March 10, 2026
There are so many health care companies that people struggle to come up with names and we end with weird stuff like Grow Therapy, which nonetheless raised $150 million to...
March 4, 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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