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Mar 30 2020

The Tyranny of Experts

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The response to the coronavirus epidemic is revealing the flaw of relying too much on experts in any one field.
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Mar 30 2020

Some Useful New Thoughts on Death Rates and Other Matters

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A few new items that may help you better understand issues related the epidemic.
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Mar 30 2020

Is This Any Way to Run a Democracy?

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The process by which decisions are being made in regard to the coronavirus crisis is antithetical to democracy.
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Mar 30 2020

Dr. Fauci’s Comments Yesterday

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Dr. Fauci gives his view on where we are headed.
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Mar 29 2020

What We Have Learned About Coronavirus and Common Misconceptions

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A few thoughts on learnings about coronavirus to date and some suggestions on how to think carefully about the problem.
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Mar 29 2020

More Coronavirus Information and Perspective

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Additional thoughts on thinking through coronavirus issues.
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Mar 29 2020

Some More Coronavirus Information and Thoughts

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Here is some hopefully helpful information on coronavirus.
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Mar 27 2020

Predictive Scoring for Cancer Cases

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A scoring system appears to work well for predicting likely death from head and neck cancer, aiding care choices.
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Mar 26 2020

More Coronavirus Nonsense

By Kevin Roche Commentary 10 Comments
States are continuing to take steps that are completely unjustified by any rational weighing of benefits and harms.
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Mar 25 2020

National Health Expenditures in the Coming Decade

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The Office of the Actuary at CMS publishes its latest assessment of health spending in the years ahead.
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Mar 24 2020

Do Your Part to Bring Sanity to Coronavirus Reactions

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
We all need to step up and insist that appropriate action be taken to protect Americans from the ruination of our economy.
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Mar 24 2020

Drug Rebates

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A National Bureau of Economic Research paper confirms earlier research on the effect of drug rebates on net prices to drug makers.
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Mar 23 2020

Mental Health and Total Spending in Medicare Patients

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Medicare patients with mental illness incur higher medical spending.
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Mar 20 2020

More Straight Talk on Coronavirus

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The destruction of the economy has real consequences for people's lives, and those consequences are far worse than anything coronavirus could do.
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Mar 20 2020

Financial Incentives and Consumer Behavior

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A Healthsparq survey indicates how financial incentives can move consumer behavior.
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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

IKS Health, a British company with a US subsidiary that offers “care enablement” and mentions AI, of course,  is buying TruBridge for $557 million.  TruBridge offers revenue cycle management and...
April 30, 2026
Innovacer, which basically collects data on a patient from multiple sources and aggregates it, raised an astounding $275 million in new capital, supposedly at a valuation of almost $3.5 billion....
April 22, 2026
A company called Whoop raised a ridiculous $575 million in new capital at a supposed $10 billion valuation.  The press release was released on April 1, so I would like...
April 5, 2026
Big deals continue in health care financings.  eMed, which manages weight loss medications for employers, raises a hefty $200 million, giving it a valuation of $2 billion, which seems crazy....
March 31, 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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