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Aug 01 2021

National Cases Animation, July 30

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The geographic pattern of cases during the epidemic.
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Jul 30 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 96

By Kevin Roche Commentary 9 Comments
An observation-heavy update.
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Jul 29 2021

Late Night Flash

By Kevin Roche Commentary 11 Comments
The CDC gets leaked so now we all can see its pathetic reasoning and data to support re-masking, even for the vaxed.
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Jul 29 2021

The CDC and DOH School Recommendations Are Just Absolutely Stupid

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
More garbage guidance regarding schools fromt the CDC and DOH, both determined to make children miserable in the interest of keeping campaign contributions from teachers flowing.
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Jul 29 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 95

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
A vaccine-heavy set of research summaries.
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Jul 28 2021

What More Can I Say (With a Brief Update from the Original)

By Kevin Roche Commentary 27 Comments
I do my best to keep people on an even keel and responding rationally when panic and hysteria is all around. The iceberg has not hit the ship and we…
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Jul 28 2021

Year-Over-Year Charts, July 27

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
A year-over-year look shows how well vaccines and immunity from infection are working.
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Jul 28 2021

Regional Year-Over-Year Charts

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
No dramatic case explosion according to year-over-year charts by major region of the US.
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Jul 28 2021

Why You Shouldn’t Listen to Anything the CDC Says

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
A chart from Twitter shows why the CDC, and the DOH falls in the same bucket, has lost all credibility and should be ignored.
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Jul 27 2021

Uhhh, How Long Can This Keep Going On

By Kevin Roche Commentary 13 Comments
The briefing yesterday was a brutal reminder of the pain we used to endure almost every day.
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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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