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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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Apr 10 2020

The Way We Live Now

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
We can't let this shutdown fundamentally change how we relate to one another.
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Apr 10 2020

Some CDC and Other Stats of Interest

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A quick look at some stats of interest on coronavirus.
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Apr 09 2020

Yet More Coronavirus Research

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Some more interesting research on transmission of the coronavirus.
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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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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

Included Health wants no one to feel left out, so it is buying Firefly Health, which is attracted to the light of all that money.  Included Health is yet another...
July 29, 2026
Telehealth is still going strong and whenever possible the companies in the field talk about AI.  Doctronic has an “AI Doctor” which you can visit and it is acquiring Summer...
July 29, 2026
Speaking frankly, Candid Health looks like one of those companies we don’t need in health.  It claims to have new revenue cycle management software that is heavily driven by AI...
July 27, 2026
Health care is a big part of the economy so investment dollars tend to flow there, not always wisely.  There is alot of gibberish in this press release from Pearl...
July 9, 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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