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Apr 27 2021

Active Cases Update, April 26

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Active cases have rolled over, peak looks like April 15.
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Apr 27 2021

Hospital Use Update, April 26

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Hospital use is dropping as well. We are in the clear for some time.
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Apr 27 2021

Vaccination Update, April 26

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An update on vaccination progress. It is good, but slowing.
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Apr 27 2021

Year-Over-Year Charts

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
More year-over-year charts, some interesting insights.
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Apr 27 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 53 (Episode Title: Dr. Osterholm Responds)

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
An interesting email exchange and some research summaries.
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Apr 26 2021

Let Us Return to How a Certain Country is Doing

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
There was a different way, as Sweden continues to demonstrate.
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Apr 25 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 52

By Kevin Roche Commentary 12 Comments
Another horrible coronavirus briefing and getting fully caught up on research summaries.
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Apr 24 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 51

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
A set of vaccination heavy research summaries.
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Apr 24 2021

False Positives in Testing

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Widely testing students who show no symptoms leads to nothing but false positives and unnecessary quarantines and school closings.
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Apr 24 2021

Dr. Osterholm Is Out of It

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
Dr. Osterheimlich's doomsday prediction was astoundingly wrong, but he is our top expert on the epidemic?!!?
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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

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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