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Aug 08 2021

National Burden of Illness

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Charts of the CDC's data on burden of illness.
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Aug 07 2021

My Original Star Tribune Column

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
The full text of the original column I submitted to the Star Tribune, a modified version was very kindly printed in Saturday's edition.
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Aug 07 2021

An Updated Big Picture on the Epidemic

By Kevin Roche Commentary 30 Comments
Like a phoenix reborn, epidemic terror and hysteria reaches for new peaks, so time for another rational look at what has and will happen.
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Aug 06 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 100

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
This one hit 100 and I didn't think it would. I like the title, so for now it will persist. There is life after 100. And to celebrate this is…
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Aug 06 2021

Year-Over-Year Comparisons, August 3

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Year-over-year charts are getting more useful as we see more overlap.
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Aug 06 2021

Overview Charts, August 4

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
One picture gives you the trend of the entire epidemic in cases, hospitalizations and deaths.
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Aug 06 2021

Active Cases, August 3

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An active case update shows the uptick in Minnesota cases.
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Aug 06 2021

Age-Adjusted Deaths by State, August 5

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Age-adjusted death rates in the states tell you about all you need to know about who has done a better job managing the pandemic and how well lockdowns work.
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Aug 05 2021

The CDC, Also Known as the Coronavirus Dunce Collective

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Nuggets from the CDC deck on Delta and the vaxed having to mask, and other interesting data from the Credibility Deficient Clowns.
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Aug 04 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 99

By Kevin Roche Commentary 9 Comments
Not the penultimate in this series, with the usual observations and research summaries.
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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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