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Jul 27 2020

What I Have Learned from the Epidemic and the Response to It.

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
I have learned some depressing things about our country and population, but there is a ray of hope.
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Jul 27 2020

The Big Picture

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
This epidemic is notably marked by the pathetic lack of good guidance by so-called experts, which has led to devastating public policy actions wreaking havoc on economies, social cohesion, health…
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Jul 26 2020

Mask Wearing & Deaths

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Coronavirus deaths in a country also aren't correlated with the level of mask use.
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Jul 25 2020

A Few More Minnesota Observations

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Mask dregs and a few other thoughts on Minnesota.
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Jul 25 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part 49

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Research summaries focusing on the immune response to coronavirus.
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Jul 24 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part 48

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A few interesting pieces of research, including some mask updates that are unhelpful to the mask fetishists.
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Jul 24 2020

Masks and Cases

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
There is no correlation between a country's rate of mask use and cases.
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Jul 24 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part 47

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A few pieces of research, with an unfortunate focus on the harms caused by lockdowns.
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Jul 23 2020

A Very, Very Sad Day in Minnesota, Part II

By Kevin Roche Commentary 12 Comments
The mask mandate is unnecessary and won't make any difference. It is just another in a long line of undemocratic and stupid decisions our Dictator has made in regard to…
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Jul 23 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part 46

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Two papers, one from the CDC on contact tracing in South Korea and one regarding what factors seem associated with better epidemic outcomes.
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Jul 22 2020

A Very Sad Day in Minnesota, Part I

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
After a long lie-down and several glasses of Pepto-Bismol, I believe I can report on yesterday's press conference.
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Jul 22 2020

Adaptive Immune Defenses

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An attempt to provide a framework for research summaries relating to development of antibodies or T cells against the current coronavirus strain.
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Jul 22 2020

Let the Children Go Back to School

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Teachers unions, enabled by paid-off politicians and school boards, are denying children the benefits of an education and are damaging their mental and physical health.
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Jul 22 2020

More on Geographic Seasonality

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
There is some good research on influenza seasonality, but even if applicable to coronavirus, the relationship between latitude, weather measures and rate of infection is complex.
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Jul 21 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part 45

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
It never stops, so neither do we. More research summaries.
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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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