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Dec 10 2020

A Very Enlightening Chart

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
This chart gives a great explanation of how consumer mask wearing behavior just changes dramatically from day to day and affects case rises. (Suppressed laughter)
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Dec 10 2020

It Would Be So Much Worse If We Weren’t All Wearing Masks All the Time. Really? How Could It Be?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Charts destroy this common argument about how masks are making such a difference despite incredible case rises.
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Dec 10 2020

Other Ways to Look at Active Cases

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A couple of additional ways to calculate active cases, all showing that they peaked in early November and are falling rapidly.
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Dec 10 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 76

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Yet another summary of the unending mass of coronavirus research.
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Dec 08 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 75

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Another burst of article and research summaries.
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Dec 08 2020

Deaths in Nordic Countries

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
A chart of total deaths in four Nordic countries helps look at overall trends.
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Dec 07 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 74

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A few articles and studies to discuss.
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Dec 07 2020

Excess Deaths for 15 to 64 Year-olds

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
15 to 64 year-olds have excess deaths during the epidemic and it isn't due to CV-19. Oh, and one country seems exempt from the trend.
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Dec 07 2020

Can’t Resist Another Mask Failure Chart

By Kevin Roche Commentary 10 Comments
Mask mandate states have way lower case curves, in some far-off parallel universe, maybe. The wormholes are in the masking zealots' brains.
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Dec 06 2020

Another Look at the Big Picture

By Kevin Roche Commentary 12 Comments
Notwithstanding what the media and politicians would have you believe we aren't in that bad a shape from CV-19, but we have revealed ourselves to be an excessively meek and…
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Dec 05 2020

Deaths by Age

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Another chart shows the very disproportionate impact of CV-19 by age.
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Dec 05 2020

Hospitalizations in Various States

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A chart of hospitalization trends from a number of US states is revealing about both media hysteria and the actual shape of the epidemic in various places.
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Dec 05 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 73

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
A weekend disgorgement of research and observations.
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Dec 03 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 72

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Now that my head is cleared from a little rant, on to some real research.
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Dec 03 2020

A Few More Observations, Ranting Involved

By Kevin Roche Commentary 19 Comments
The one area our DOH has handled this epidemic better than anyone else is hiding relevant data and giving gobbledygook answers.
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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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