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Apr 06 2020

Another Good Nate Silver Piece

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Nate Silver gives more explanations about the difficulty of finding usable coronavirus case counts.
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Apr 06 2020

Problems with Creating and Using Models

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
One of the popular models being relied upon by politicians for coronavirus decisions illustrates the dangers of that reliance.
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Apr 06 2020

The Tyranny of the Experts Continued

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A few more thoughts and questions on how and why we are allowing our public policy by a few experts with tunnel vision.
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Apr 05 2020

You Must Read This

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Extreme economic shutdowns cause extreme financial and non-financial harms, as this article explains.
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Apr 05 2020

You Must Watch this Video

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A very respected physician and PhD economist lays out perfectly while the current course of extreme lockdowns is so imprudent.
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Apr 04 2020

What is the CDC Up to With Causes of Death?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Some information on coronavirus deaths at the CDC is confusing to say the least.
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Apr 04 2020

How to Lighten it Up for a Bit

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Take and break and let's disco!!
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Apr 04 2020

A Weekly Recap on What We Think We Know

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Time for a little summarization of where we seem to be.
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Apr 03 2020

CDC Report on Comorbidities of Those With Coronavirus Illness

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A report from the Centers for Disease Control describes comorbidities of persons coming down with coronavirus disease.
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Apr 03 2020

Modeling Coronavirus in Minnesota

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Our state gives some further indication of just how screwed up it's modeling is and in how misleading a manner the results have been used.
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Apr 02 2020

Criticizing the Shutdown is Putting Money Over Lives. Really?

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
It gets a little old hearing from people that complaints about the extreme economic shutdown are just putting money over people.
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Apr 02 2020

Be Extremely Cautious About Anything You See Based on a Model

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Models that have little credibility are being used to make policy decisions.
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Apr 02 2020

Too Late for Wider CV Screening to Help, We Need Antibody Tests More

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Dr.Fauci says more coronavirus testing and tracking of contacts can help return to normal faster. Too late for that.
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Apr 02 2020

Summaries of Some Useful CV Research

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Summaries of a few pieces of coronavirus related research.
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Apr 02 2020

The Emerging Picture of Economic and Associated Damage from Extreme Mitigation Measures

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The emerging economic and associated harms of the extreme mitigation measures are horrendous.
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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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