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Aug 28 2021

US Regional Cases, August 26

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A look at the regional trends in cases.
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Aug 28 2021

Relative Vaxed and Unvaxed Cases in Minnesota, August 25

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Per capita charts of rates of infection among the vaxed and unvaxed in Minnesota, with important caveats.
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Aug 28 2021

Hospital Admissions in Young People, August 26

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No sign that Delta is causing more serious disease in young people.
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Aug 28 2021

Cohort Analysis, August 26

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Another cohort analysis, showing a rise in case rates of hospitalization with a smaller bump in death rates.
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Aug 28 2021

Minnesota Regional Cases, August 26

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The case rise is pretty evenly spread across Minnesota's regions.
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Aug 28 2021

Testing in Minnesota, August 26

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Testing is rising in all age groups as Delta terror spreads.
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Aug 28 2021

Upper Midwest Region Cases

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An updated regional case trend chart, courtesy Twitter.
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Aug 27 2021

The IB Is Struck by Lightening, Leading to Sudden Blast of Reality

By Kevin Roche Commentary 10 Comments
Our beloved Governor, the inestimable Incompetent Blowhard, pauses the blizzard of words long enough to think for a second, and realizes that we can't suppress CV-19 and will have to…
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Aug 25 2021

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 11

By Kevin Roche Commentary 25 Comments
A late nite blast of observations and the usual vaccine-heavy summaries.
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Aug 25 2021

Minnesota Breakthrough Infections, August 25

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A new chart on the proportion of breakthrough cases, hospitalizations and deaths among all such events in Minnesota.
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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...
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The Office of the Actuary annual report on national health spending, covering 2018.
December 7, 2019
2019 Kaiser Family Foundation Employer Health Benefits Report
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MedPAC 2019 Report to Congress
June 18, 2019

Headlines

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
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

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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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