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May 21 2020

What We Should Fear

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Hard not to be worried about a lot of things these days.
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May 21 2020

We Are Really Living in a Dictatorship

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Another blood-boiling performance from our Governor at yesterday's daily briefing.
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May 20 2020

More Coronavirus Nuggets

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A few columns and studies for your perusal.
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May 20 2020

A Couple of Quick Hits

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Lockdowns and stay-at-home orders exacerbate the epidemic.
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May 20 2020

Why All the Concern About Antibodies?

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Antibodies to coronavirus disease are significant both for the course of the epidemic and our understanding of where we are in that epidemic.
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May 19 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 3

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another rapid summary of some papers.
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May 19 2020

More on Children and Coronavirus

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Let our children go back to a normal life.
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May 19 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus, Part 2

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
More research on antibodies, infection rates and children.
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May 18 2020

Social Distancing, in Regard to Which I Commit Rank Heresy

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Oh no, he didn't really say that about social distancing!
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May 18 2020

Where We Are Generally and a Few Notes on Minnesota

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A brief recap as we settle in for another week of coronavirus hell, mostly caused by excessive government over-reaction.
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May 17 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus, Part 1

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Some weekend notes on research and columns of interest.
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May 17 2020

The Minnesota Modeling Update, Part 1

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Version 3 of the Minnesota epidemic model isn't exactly new and improved.
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May 16 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part Eleven

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
More research summaries. If you are still awake, they will put you to sleep.
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May 16 2020

Boston Antibody Study

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another antibody study, this one in Boston, reveals large numbers of undetected, asymptomatic or mild cases.
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May 16 2020

I Don’t Want a New Normal and Neither Should You

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Who wants to live in a world of fear and isolation?
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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

Headlines

There is some weird angle here, as Angle Health raises $600 million in a new capital round, but it appears some of it is to provide liquidity to existing shareholders....
September 22, 2026
More AI craziness in health care.  A company called H1 is buying Defacto Health for God-knows how much money.  Both companies claim an AI background and to help with “provider...
September 11, 2026
To show you how AI fever has infected every part of the investing world, this company, Forus, raised $150 million in new capital at a $3 billion valuation by saying...
September 9, 2026
Thyme Care decides its time to party, spicing up its business with a fresh $125 million in capital, with a valuation of over $2 billion.  The company helps manage cancer...
September 3, 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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