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Apr 09 2020

Just in Case You Don’t Think We Are Completely Destroying the Economy and Jobs

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The numbers on economic damage are astounding.
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Apr 09 2020

New Paper On Death Risk

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A hot-off-the-presses paper analyzes death risk from coronavirus disease.
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Apr 09 2020

Some Thoughts on Seasonality, Death Rates and Reinfection

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
More information on some research and cautions on a couple of issues.
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Apr 08 2020

We Need to Be Realistic, Not Optimistic, Not in Denial, Not Pessimistic, Just Realistic

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Being realistic means doing the best job you can to assess the facts and analyze a situation rationally in making decisions.
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Apr 08 2020

The Backtracking on Shutdowns Begins

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Minnesota's Governor is apparently considering lightening up a bit on a shutdown that never should have been ordered in the first place.
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Apr 08 2020

Another Plan to Ease the Shutdowns

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Robert Shuler gives us another approach to dealing with the epidemic, one that attempts to balance disease and economic harms.
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Apr 08 2020

An Open Letter To Bill Gates

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Bill Gates thinks we should all lockdown for at least 10 weeks. Easy for a billionaire to say.
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Apr 07 2020

Some Miscellaneous Research Notes

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Some summary information on coronavirus research and news.
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Apr 07 2020

The Likely Real Disease Curve

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The most likely trajectory of the epidemic is a series of ebbs and flows of infection.
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Apr 07 2020

The “Big Short” Guy Speaks Out

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The investor who foresaw the housing crisis leading to the 2008 recession, who also has an MD, speaks out on the coronavirus shutdown.
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Apr 07 2020

How to Save 1,000,000 People From Dying of Coronavirus Disease

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
You too can be a hero and save millions of lives from coronavirus disease.
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Apr 06 2020

Now This Is Cool, and Completely Different

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Here is a serious and thought-provoking diversion from the usual coronavirus stuff.
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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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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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InStride Health hit the ground running, well maybe walking, as it raised $30 million in additional capital for its pediatric mental health business.  Children’s mental health would be just fine...
June 17, 2026
GoHealth is another of those excessively valued health startups that was always destined to flounder and not it has filed bankruptcy and the company will be turned over to lenders....
June 8, 2026
Garner Health isn’t gathering any accolades from me, as it raises a new round of $100 million in capital at about a $2.5 billion valuation.   The company supposedly steers...
June 2, 2026
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

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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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