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Oct 17 2020

About Those 2297 Cases Reported Yesterday

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
An example to help you understand what cases reported on a day actually means.
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Oct 16 2020

Our Minnesota Officials Get Very Serious, Some Other Observations

By Kevin Roche Commentary 8 Comments
The state officials end the week on the usual low note, but it is all our fault.
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Oct 16 2020

The IHME Predictions Are Atrocious

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
More ludicrously inept modeling from the IHME.
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Oct 16 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 36

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Another day, another set of research summaries.
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Oct 15 2020

An Interim Big Picture Update

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
A little reflection on humility, hubris and acceptance.
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Oct 15 2020

Antibodies, T cells, and Population Immunity

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Research continues to mount regarding the durable adaptive immune response to CV-19 infection.
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Oct 15 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 35

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
The somewhat daily morning research dump, heavily focused on schools.
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Oct 14 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 34

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Another drop of research summaries--antibodies, testing, lockdowns, etc., all your favorite topics.
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Oct 13 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 33

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another potpourri of CV-19 research.
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Oct 13 2020

Fun With Numbers in Minnesota, Part 2

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Normalizing testing levels demonstrates how many cases we likely had in May, at the peak.
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Oct 13 2020

The Latest on Minnesota

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A recent chart of CV-19 activity in Minnesota.
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Oct 12 2020

Fun With Numbers in Minnesota, Part 1

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
Going to try to get some data analyses updated today and tomorrow, here are a couple of quick hits.
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Oct 12 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 32

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Another set of research summaries covering the usual topics, antibodies, masking, schools, lockdowns, etc.
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Oct 11 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 31

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Apparently I am a troll blogger, but that must mean I post research summaries like the ones contained here.
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Oct 10 2020

A Little Late Night Rambling About the Epidemic

By Kevin Roche Commentary 8 Comments
There is so much I and we don't know about the epidemic but aspects that are pretty clear as well.
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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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Speaking frankly, Candid Health looks like one of those companies we don’t need in health.  It claims to have new revenue cycle management software that is heavily driven by AI...
July 27, 2026
Health care is a big part of the economy so investment dollars tend to flow there, not always wisely.  There is alot of gibberish in this press release from Pearl...
July 9, 2026
InStride Health hit the ground running, well maybe walking, as it raised $30 million in additional capital for its pediatric mental health business.  Children’s mental health would be just fine...
June 17, 2026
GoHealth is another of those excessively valued health startups that was always destined to flounder and not it has filed bankruptcy and the company will be turned over to lenders....
June 8, 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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