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Jan 08 2021

Another Age Structure Charts Update

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
No change in how age-bifurcated the epidemic is and how little risk there is to young people. My favorite set of charts to understand the epidemic, along with active cases.
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Jan 07 2021

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 87

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
A few observations on the IB's latest inane performance and some related research.
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Jan 06 2021

Closing Businesses and Shutting People in Their Houses Doesn’t Stop Transmission and Causes Substantial Harms

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
A little more research on the futility of lockdown tactics and the harms they cause to health.
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Jan 06 2021

Another Update on Active Cases

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Cases have dropped to the background level, all on their own.
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Jan 06 2021

Long-term Care Deaths

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Charts of long-term care deaths by state are illuminating. We are twisting into pretzels over a lot of deaths of people with a few months to live. Every teen suicide…
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Jan 06 2021

Update to the Cohort Analysis

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Hospitalization and death rates continue to show stability or even slight declines.
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Jan 06 2021

A Chart View of Epidemic

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
One chart gives a good picture of the course of the epidemic in Minnesota according to common measures.
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Jan 05 2021

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 86

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A few summaries tonight, many more tomorrow.
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Jan 05 2021

We Finally Get Some Information, Albeit Limited, On Cycle Number Distribution

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
Minnesota's state lab is reporting a significant number of non-viable virus PCR tests as real positives.
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Jan 04 2021

Yes, Masks Can Cause Problems, Especially for Children

By Kevin Roche Commentary 8 Comments
Not only is it not proven that masks play a significant role in limiting community transmission, but they do have adverse effects, especially for children.
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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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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...
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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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