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Apr 13 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 44

By Kevin Roche Commentary 8 Comments
The nonsense never ends, so I have to keep writing about it, but I am pretty much caught up.
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Apr 12 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 43

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
In a potentially impaired state, my dedication inspires me to nonetheless provide you with another round of research summaries.
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Apr 12 2021

Podcast

By Kevin Roche Commentary 10 Comments
If you like fingernails on chalk board, listen to me meander extensively in a podcast on CV-19.
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Apr 11 2021

LTC Versus non-LTC Deaths Updated April 10

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
It appears that there is some trend to a fewer percentage of Minnesota's CV-19 deaths being in long-term care facilities.
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Apr 11 2021

Proportions of Cases, Hospitalizations & Deaths by Age Group, Updated April 10

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A suggestion in the proportion of cases charts by age group that vaccinations are having an impact.
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Apr 10 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 42

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
There you are trying to relax on the weekend and I have to drop some research summaries in your lap!
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Apr 10 2021

April 10 Active Cases Update

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
The bump in active cases is still ongoing in early April.
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Apr 10 2021

April 10 Cohort Analysis Update

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The cohort analysis should begin to show some decline in hospitalization and death rates.
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Apr 09 2021

Once More into the Masked Breach

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Masks work great on the other side of the world too, in India.
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Apr 09 2021

Michigan Is the Current Example of a Completely Irrational, Unscientific and Futile Suppression Strategy

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Michigan's Governor deserves a medal for stupidity and a trophy for last place in handling the epidemic, a place in the epidemic hall of shame next to Cuomo and Morphy…
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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

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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