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May 25 2021

An Excellent Diagram on Mask Function

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
It is pretty solid science behind the function (or lack thereof) of masks.
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May 24 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 73

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The pace of research reporting has slowed a bit in recent days, but I will providing regular summaries as research is published.
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May 23 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 72

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The summer weather won't prevent me from getting out research summaries, but a stomach bug did.
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May 21 2021

National Case and Death Animations, May 16

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Latest national case and death animations.
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May 20 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 71

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
Light research day, so a little ranting and a couple of observations.
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May 19 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 70

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Mid-week research summaries.
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May 19 2021

Our Governor Has Done a Horrendous Job of Responding to the Epidemic

By Kevin Roche Commentary 15 Comments
I won't forget what a walking disaster the IB has been during the epidemic and neither should you.
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May 18 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 69

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The usual dump of research, lot of vaccine and adaptive immunity focus.
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May 18 2021

Minnesota Cases, Hospitalizations, Deaths by Age Group, Animated May 16

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
If you watch these animations you can see the course of the epidemic across age groups.
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May 18 2021

Hospitalizations by Age Group, May 16

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Still no sign of the mythic surge in younger age hospitalizations.
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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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