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Mar 03 2021

Another Round of Age Structure Charts

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
No change in the extreme age bifurcation of the impact of the epidemic.
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Mar 03 2021

One More Time on the Mask Comparisons

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Take a look at Sweden and the UK in regard to mask-wearing and the course of the epidemic. Kind of makes you wonder doesn't it.
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Mar 02 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 16

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
A few slow days on the research front, but catching up now.
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Mar 01 2021

Active Cases Updated Once Again

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Active cases, i.e. infectious people, are way down in Minnesota and likely will stay down.
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Mar 01 2021

And the Cohort Analysis One More Time

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
One more outcomes-based case cohort analysis. Very, very stable.
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Feb 28 2021

….But I Digress

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A Sunday morning digression.
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Feb 26 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 15

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
The usual pithy, if not witty, observations and research summaries, heading into the weekend.
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Feb 25 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 14

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Fun question responses from the DOH and a few research summaries.
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Feb 24 2021

Little Timmy Walz

By Kevin Roche Commentary 10 Comments
If you watch enough of the IB, you get a sense of the weak character.
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Feb 24 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 13

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Yet another in the ongoing series of 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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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

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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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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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