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Jul 20 2022

Mask Studies Get Their Own Post

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Another dismal study for mask usage, finding that they are in fact pathogen collection devices.
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Jul 20 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 154

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
I have not given up on providing summaries of relevant CV-19 research.
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Jul 20 2022

Life and Death

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
The unexpected death of a close friend is a shock to the quotidian routines of life.
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Jul 20 2022

Breakthrough Events, July 14, Overall Population

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Last week's breakthrough report looks like it was some anomaly, as this week returns to the prior trend.
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Jul 20 2022

Age Structure Charts, July 14 Population Rates

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A population rate look at events by age group.
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Jul 20 2022

Age Structure Charts, July 14 Raw Numbers

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
While cases appear to be declining across age groups, no one really knows what is happening anymore.
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Jul 19 2022

Giving Money to People Doesn’t Do Sh*t to Improve Their Lives

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Giving poor people money makes no real difference in their lives, according to a new study, and common sense.
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Jul 19 2022

Environmental Insanity

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Solar panels are an unreliable, expensive energy source that also have enormous environmental costs.
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Jul 19 2022

Crime in Minnesota

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Minnesota, at least the Twin Cities, has become a crime-ridden hellhole, thanks to whacked progressive policies.
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Jul 19 2022

Venture Capital Results for Q2, 2022

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Venture capital activity remains high, but down from last year.
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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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Research

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

Color Turquoise Health happy, as it raises $40 million in new capital to support an expansion of its business from price transparency to managing contracts for providers.  Unfortunately the price...
March 18, 2026
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

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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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