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Dec 10 2020

Hospitalizations

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Hospital lengths of stays have dropped substantially for CV-19 disease.
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Dec 10 2020

A Very Enlightening Chart

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
This chart gives a great explanation of how consumer mask wearing behavior just changes dramatically from day to day and affects case rises. (Suppressed laughter)
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Dec 10 2020

It Would Be So Much Worse If We Weren’t All Wearing Masks All the Time. Really? How Could It Be?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Charts destroy this common argument about how masks are making such a difference despite incredible case rises.
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Dec 10 2020

Other Ways to Look at Active Cases

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A couple of additional ways to calculate active cases, all showing that they peaked in early November and are falling rapidly.
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Dec 10 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 76

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Yet another summary of the unending mass of coronavirus research.
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Dec 08 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 75

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Another burst of article and research summaries.
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Dec 08 2020

Deaths in Nordic Countries

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
A chart of total deaths in four Nordic countries helps look at overall trends.
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Dec 07 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 74

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A few articles and studies to discuss.
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Dec 07 2020

Excess Deaths for 15 to 64 Year-olds

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
15 to 64 year-olds have excess deaths during the epidemic and it isn't due to CV-19. Oh, and one country seems exempt from the trend.
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Dec 07 2020

Can’t Resist Another Mask Failure Chart

By Kevin Roche Commentary 10 Comments
Mask mandate states have way lower case curves, in some far-off parallel universe, maybe. The wormholes are in the masking zealots' brains.
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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...
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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