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Mar 19 2021

Florida, Florida, Florida

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Florida has led the way in keeping schools open and some schools there, horror of horrors, don't even require masks.
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Mar 18 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 27

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Another brain dump, on the usual hot topics.
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Mar 17 2021

Some Common Sense on the Virus

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
(A replay of the very first CV-19 post I put up, on March 9, 2020.) Those of us in health care should be fully informed and should be encouraging rational,…
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Mar 17 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 26

By Kevin Roche Commentary 9 Comments
Research summaries covering the usual hot topics--vaccines, variants, masks, schools, testing.
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Mar 16 2021

While I Am on the Topic, Death Certificates in Minnesota

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Untangling Minnesota's death certificates is an arduous labor.
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Mar 16 2021

Still Trying to Figure Out the Death Data Dump

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Death reporting in Minnesota is just goofy.
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Mar 16 2021

More Evidence of the Phenomenal Benefits of Lockdowns

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Lockdowns are really good--at killing jobs.
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Mar 16 2021

Excess Deaths

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
A fascinating chart showing total excess deaths for several countries and the US States for 2020 and 2021 YTD on an age-adjusted, per capita basis.
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Mar 15 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 25

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
More ramblings from my CV-19 addled mind.
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Mar 15 2021

A Little Woke Humor

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
A little dark humor, be funnier if it wasn't so reflective of the pathetic era we live in.
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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

Angle Health, a vendor of a supposedly artificial intelligence powered health benefits platform for employers raised $134 million in new capital.  All you have to do is mention AI and...
December 4, 2025
Reema Health, which calls itself a complex care management company, reamed investors for $19 million in capital, to be used for the usual “to support growth”.  The firm works with...
December 2, 2025
Press Ganey, which provides market research for health plans and providers , is being purchased by health care survey firm Qualtrics for $6.75 billion.  Both companies claim this is all...
October 6, 2025
Another weirdly named company, Thyme Care, spices things up by raising a fresh $97 million in capital to support its cancer care managment business.
September 25, 2025

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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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