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Jan 13 2021

A Few Quick Observations on Epidemic Developments

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
Some random observations on developments over the last few days.
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Jan 12 2021

School Closings and Lockdowns

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
Two new papers cast further doubt on the wisdom of school closings and lockdown type interventions.
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Jan 11 2021

We Will All End Up in the Same Place

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
Hmmm, explain this, especially Florida and California.
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Jan 11 2021

Vaccination Progress

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Minnesota's vaccine administration effort is very poor compared to most of its neighbors.
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Jan 11 2021

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 89

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
More research summaries on the usual topics.
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Jan 10 2021

The US is Turning into China, Voluntarily

By Kevin Roche Commentary 8 Comments
The US has voluntarily turned itself into an ideologically driven idiocracy enforced by a few big tech companies.
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Jan 09 2021

Masks Help Control Case Growth in Ireland

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Ireland is the latest country to find the incredible benefits of mandating mask wearing in stopping transmission in the community.
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Jan 09 2021

Media Bias and Hysteria is Absolutely Real

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
A clear example of how the media will treat the exact same state outcomes very differently, depending on their perception of state leadership.
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Jan 09 2021

CDC Sponsored Research

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Summaries of a number of papers published by the CDC or done by CDC staff.
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Jan 08 2021

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 88

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Catching up on a few 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

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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