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Nov 05 2021

Age Structure Charts, November 4

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
The age structure charts show overall and age cohort trends in tests, cases, hospitalizations and deaths.
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Nov 05 2021

Ohio School Data

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Ohio school data shows no difference in cases in mandatory and non-mandatory masking in schools.
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Nov 05 2021

Active Cases, November 4

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Active cases were following a nice curve down and seem to have turned up, but there is something wrong with the data.
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Nov 05 2021

Overview Chart, November 4

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The epidemic big picture for Minnesota.
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Nov 05 2021

Hospital Use, November 4

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Updated charts on hospital use in Minnesota.
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Nov 04 2021

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 49

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Back to the research, which continues to pour out.
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Nov 03 2021

If You Are a Glutton for Punishment, a Link to Another Video of Me

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another livestream of yours truly is up.
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Nov 03 2021

Wake-up Call?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 9 Comments
Wake-up calls only work for people capable of being awakened.
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Nov 02 2021

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 48

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Minnesota revises its data reporting again and a couple of research summaries.
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Nov 01 2021

The FDA Briefing On Vaccines for Young Children

By Kevin Roche Commentary 9 Comments
Please read the FDA materials carefully and with a skeptical eye if you are thinking about vaccinating your children.
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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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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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