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Jul 02 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 87

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
A holiday treat of more research summaries, mixed with a couple of observations on our fearful leaders.
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Jul 01 2021

Yes, of Course Masks Cause No Problems for Children

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
A randomized control, peer-reviewed study in JAMA finds that carbon dioxide levels in children's masks are far above those considered safe.
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Jun 30 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 86

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A lot of interesting research in the last couple of days, take a couple of posts to catch up.
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Jun 29 2021

Hospital Pricing

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Hospitals have list prices far, far above their actual cost of delivering services.
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Jun 29 2021

Private Equity Acquisitions of Physician Practices

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Venture capital and private equity groups have found ways to buy practices in many medical specialties.
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Jun 29 2021

National Case Animation, June 26

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
The national case animation shows shifting geographic patterns.
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Jun 29 2021

National Death Animation, June 26

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The pattern of deaths is pretty similar to that of cases, as you might expect.
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Jun 29 2021

Age Structure Animations, June 26

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Some age group animations on key epidemic metrics.
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Jun 29 2021

Per Capita Animations, June 26

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Population unit pictorials of epidemic stats.
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Jun 29 2021

Testing Animations, June 26

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
How much you test determines how many cases, and non-cases, you find.
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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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Hinge Health, which manages care for musculoskeletal and migraine conditions, opens the door to gastrointestinal care with a $105 million acquisition of Cylinder Health, which focuses on managing meds and...
August 5, 2026
If you are a health care company, you too can raise astronomical sums of capital if you claim to be part of the AI wave.  Function Health demonstrates by raising...
August 3, 2026
Included Health wants no one to feel left out, so it is buying Firefly Health, which is attracted to the light of all that money.  Included Health is yet another...
July 29, 2026
Telehealth is still going strong and whenever possible the companies in the field talk about AI.  Doctronic has an “AI Doctor” which you can visit and it is acquiring Summer...
July 29, 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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