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Apr 14 2020

An Investment Bank’s View of the Epidemic’s Trajectory.

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An investment bank gives us its perspective on the epidemic.
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Apr 14 2020

McKinsey’s Perspective on the Trajectory of the Epidemic

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Consulting firm McKinsey gives a perspective on what happens next with the epidemic, particularly for businesses.
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Apr 14 2020

More Minnesota Madness

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Minnesota's Governor persists with an extreme shutdown when a targeted one would work equally well.
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Apr 14 2020

So How Many Americans Have Been Infected With Coronavirus?

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A study uses an interesting technique to find a high rate of undetected coronavirus infections in the US.
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Apr 13 2020

Domestic Violence Is Rising Sharply During the Lockdown

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Domestic abuse is rising during the lockdown, as it always does during economic downturns.
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Apr 13 2020

A Brief Additional Note on Immunity and Antibodies

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A New York Times story focuses on immunity and antibodies.
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Apr 13 2020

When and How Should We Ease Mitigation Measures

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A study in Lancet recommends caution in relaxing extreme shutdown measures.
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Apr 13 2020

What Comes Next?

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
People are getting antsy about changing the shutdown strategy. We should be realistic about the future course of the epidemic.
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Apr 13 2020

A Few More Observations on Modeling

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Models of coronavirus spread can be useful; their limitations just have to be understood and well-communicated.
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Apr 12 2020

How to Think About Coronavirus Modeling

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Here is a chart that may help you think about coronavirus models.
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Apr 12 2020

Sweden

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Sweden has adopted a more balanced approach to mitigation of spread of the coronavirus.
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Apr 12 2020

More Summaries from Some Interesting Studies

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
It is hard to keep up with all the studies being published on coronavirus. Here are summaries of a couple of the most interesting ones.
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Apr 11 2020

Minnesota Madness

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
My home state released information on the models used to justify the shutdown order in the state and there is good and bad news in reviewing the materials. You should…
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Apr 10 2020

Where We Are on Coronavirus

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Time for another weekly recap of what we do and don't know about coronavirus.
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Apr 10 2020

We Need Antibody Testing Now!!

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
This can't be said any more clearly and strongly: we need widespread antibody testing now.
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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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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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