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Jun 23 2020

The Content of the Memos on Economic Effects of the Minnesota Extreme Lockdowns

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A summary of what apparently were the only economic analyses looked at by the Dictator in keeping his extreme shutdown in place.
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Jun 22 2020

Dangerous Skipping of Health Care

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
As predicted, and the CDC is confirming, we are going to see many deaths and other bad health consequences from the scare-mongering and lockdowns.
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Jun 22 2020

Another Stop the Presses Immunity Study

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Another study finding both cross-reactive T cells and that many patients with mild illness have no antibodies, but do develop memory T cell responses.
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Jun 22 2020

Some Coronavirus Data Updates

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The data continues to show how bifurcated the epidemic is.
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Jun 21 2020

Sunday Nite Coronavirus Meanderings

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Catching up with some articles and research.
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Jun 20 2020

The Minnesota Model Output

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The visual evidence of how far off the Minnesota epidemic model was is stunning.
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Jun 20 2020

Dictator Walz Gave No Consideration to Any Harms Before Issuing Extreme Lockdown Orders

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Dictator Walz gave no consideration to the harms stemming from his lockdown orders.
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Jun 19 2020

A Head Full of Drowning Coronaviri, Part 25

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Catching up with a few more research summaries and other items.
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Jun 19 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part 25

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
More research, antibodies, household infection rates, and a few other items.
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Jun 18 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part 24

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Some interesting coronavirus items today.
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Jun 18 2020

A Centers for Disease Control Summary Report

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A Centers for Disease Control report summarizes epidemic outcomes through May 30.
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Jun 17 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part 23

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The studies keep rolling in and we provide a few summaries.
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Jun 16 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part 22

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
A few summaries for bedtime reading.
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Jun 16 2020

Place of Death

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Minnesota has a very different proportion of deaths from coronavirus in various settings than exist in national numbers.
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Jun 15 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus, Part 21, and My Daily Sickening from Listening to the CV Briefing

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
The usual medley of coronavrius items and my regurgitation, with commentary, of the usual nonsense from the daily coronavirus briefing.
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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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February 13, 2026
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February 11, 2026
Two health care companies moving in opposite directions reported financial results.  Hinge Health, which offers musculoskeletal condition services, reported strong revenue and earnings growth and projected continued rapid rises in...
February 11, 2026
And here is why I often wonder what investors are thinking when they make large investments in companies with dubious businesses.  Carbon Health was going to open hundreds of primary...
February 5, 2026

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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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