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May 09 2020

Evaluating Mitigation of Spread Alternatives and Vaccination

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A little summary of mitigation of spread research and a little more on the vaccine report from CDC.
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May 09 2020

We Need a Leader Like This

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A few politicians are starting to use common sense and real facts to make better decisions about the epidemic.
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May 08 2020

Lies, Lies and More Lies from Our Supposed Leaders

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
As this drags on I am getting more fed up with the lying.
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May 08 2020

Drowned in Coronavirus Research, Part Ocho

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Every day, more and more research papers!!
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May 08 2020

Our Business Leaders Aren’t Leading

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Business leaders are afraid to speak up on how devastating and dumb the coronavirus lockdowns have been.
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May 08 2020

Some Minnesota-specific Observations

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
More unenlightened gibberish from our state, while ignoring the obvious facts about the real effect of the epidemic.
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May 08 2020

Like Some Research Summaries With That Coffee?

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A few wake-up nuggets on the only topic people seem to care about these days.
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May 08 2020

Some Perspectives on the Epidemic’s Potential Course

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Some papers on various ways that we might see an end to the epidemic and a way out of the economic morass we have created.
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May 07 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research Part Siete (or something like that)

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
I regurgitate a bunch of research and columns.
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May 07 2020

There are Two Coronavirus Strategies

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
You can try to suppress the virus or you can learn to adapt to its presence, and those strategies have very different economic and social consequences.
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May 06 2020

More on Case Numbers

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Summaries of new studies on infection rates and other issues.
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May 06 2020

Letters to the Governor and Our Modelers

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
I try to communicate with people who are making decisions that affect us all.
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May 06 2020

An Example of Why Government Action Is Usually Screwed Up

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Minnesota and other states are in dire financial shape and some of the legislative action is not helping.
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May 06 2020

More Coronavirus Miscellania

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A few more columns and stories of interest.
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May 05 2020

Yesterday’s Daily Briefing

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
More distress from yesterday's daily coronavirus briefing from the Governor.
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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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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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