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Jun 12 2020

National Coronavirus Deaths

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A table gives dramatic witness to the strongly skewed age impact of coronavirus disease.
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Jun 12 2020

Hug a Policeperson

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The most abused group in the country today is police officers and they don't deserve it.
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Jun 12 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The latest news and research summaries.
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Jun 11 2020

Minnesota Trends

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
It seemed like a good time for a general review of trends in Minnesota on cases, hospitalizations and deaths.
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Jun 10 2020

Generation of Sheep, Nation of Sheep?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
A complete lack of critical thinking and skepticism results in mob behavior that is seriously hurting everyone.
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Jun 10 2020

Coronavirus Research Summaries

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A few more summaries of research useful to thinking about public policy on the epidemic.
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Jun 10 2020

Truth and Seriousness Matter

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
There is such a thing as truth and reality always accords with truth in the end.
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Jun 09 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part 50 (Because I have lost track of the real number)

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A few research summaries for the day.
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Jun 08 2020

More Coronavirus Miscellania

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A few midday notes, for a change-up.
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Jun 08 2020

Seasonality

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another study reports on the seasonality and other characteristics of the pre-existing coronavirus strains.
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Jun 07 2020

Never Again

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
It is important to think about how we prevent the panicked reaction that destroyed our economy and social life from happening again.
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Jun 07 2020

Minnesota and Wisconsin

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
In a world-shattering development, Minnesota's Governor has discovered that the laws of science do not work the same in all locations.
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Jun 07 2020

More Coronavirus Meanderings

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A few quick notes on the fast-fading epidemic.
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Jun 06 2020

You Would Think Our Governor Would Be Embarrassed, More Minnesota Loonacy

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
The Governor puts in another virtuoso performance, if you like political weaseling and lies.
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Jun 05 2020

Once More into the Coronavirus Breach

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A trickle of stories and 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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This isn’t really surprising, given what you can see in employment and other reports.  Minnesota is one of the state’s viewed as having a bad economy, one that is either...
December 23, 2025
Angle Health, a vendor of a supposedly artificial intelligence powered health benefits platform for employers raised $134 million in new capital.  All you have to do is mention AI and...
December 4, 2025
Reema Health, which calls itself a complex care management company, reamed investors for $19 million in capital, to be used for the usual “to support growth”.  The firm works with...
December 2, 2025
Press Ganey, which provides market research for health plans and providers , is being purchased by health care survey firm Qualtrics for $6.75 billion.  Both companies claim this is all...
October 6, 2025

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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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