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Jun 07 2021

Cohort Analysis, June 7

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Pretty much steady as she goes on the cohort analysis.
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Jun 05 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 78

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Observations and research summaries as this winds down.
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Jun 03 2021

Active Cases, June 1

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Active cases are hard to find in Minnesota.
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Jun 03 2021

Cohort Analysis, June 1

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
No significant change in hospitalization or death rates, both are staying low.
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Jun 03 2021

Vaccinations, June 1

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Minnesota is making steady, if slowing progress on vaccinations.
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Jun 03 2021

LTC v non-LTC Deaths, June 1

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The proportion of LTC deaths may be bouncing off recent lows as more of the general population gets vaccinated.
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Jun 03 2021

Year-Over-Year Comparison, June 1

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another set of year-over-year comparisons.
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Jun 03 2021

LTC Cases, June 1

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Good graphs to see the effect of vaccines on cases arising in the LTC setting.
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Jun 02 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 77

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Still pumping out research summaries.
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Jun 02 2021

A Brief Note on What Comes Next

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
In Minnesota and most of the US, we have defeated the epidemic, but there will be lingering cases.
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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

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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