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Jun 28 2021

Data on Medicare Advantage

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The Kaiser Family Foundation provides a lot of useful info on Medicare Advantage.
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Jun 28 2021

Where Health Services Are Delivered Determines the Price

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Why should what setting a health service is delivered in make a difference in the price?
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Jun 27 2021

Deaths in the US in 2020

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
A very revealing report about deaths in the US in 2020 from the Society of Actuaries.
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Jun 27 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 85

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Research on the usual topics, including vaccination effects, keeps being published, so I keep summarizing it.
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Jun 26 2021

Another Great Chart on Masking’s Value

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Another chart that shows how much impact mask wearing made in two countries with very different approaches.
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Jun 26 2021

Younger Age Group Hospitalizations, June 25

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
There are very few hospitalizations among young people, despite low vaccination rates there.
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Jun 26 2021

Cumulative Charts, June 25

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Charts often tell the story best, and here you see who has really been most affected by CV-19.
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Jun 26 2021

Vaccinations in Minnesota June 22

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A look at vaccine progress in Minnesota.
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Jun 26 2021

What Is Happening With Unvaccinated Minnesotans

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Unvaccinated Minnesotans are where almost all cases, hospitalizations and deaths are occurring.
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Jun 26 2021

Testing Dynamics June 25

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A look at changes in testing and test results by age group.
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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

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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