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Jan 01 2021

2021 Will Be No Better Than 2020

By Kevin Roche Commentary 8 Comments
Some gloomy thoughts as we leave 2020 behind.
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Dec 30 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Observations

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
A few observations that you won't read in our timid press that continues to ignore the obvious failings of Minnesota's pathetic epidemic response.
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Dec 29 2020

Help Minnesota’s Bars and Restaurants

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
If you can, donate to help Minnesota's bars and restaurants fight against prosecutions which have no basis in fact or law.
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Dec 29 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 84

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Yet again I interrupt your holiday peace with CV-19 distractions.
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Dec 29 2020

CDC Reveals the Lag in Reporting of Deaths

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A great chart helps track the lag in reporting of deaths by the states to the CDC.
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Dec 29 2020

Age-Adjusted State Mortality Rates

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
An interesting comparison of age-adjusted mortality rates across states.
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Dec 29 2020

More Mask Silliness

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
These mask charts are phenomenal at exposing the mass(k) delusion.
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Dec 27 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 83

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Some holiday week distractions, if you want to call them that, with CV-19 research summaries.
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Dec 26 2020

Minnesota’s CV-19 Nonsense Doesn’t Stop for the Holidays

By Kevin Roche Commentary 8 Comments
Our state bird isn't the loon for nothing.
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Dec 24 2020

My Christmas Message

By Kevin Roche Commentary 14 Comments
Enjoy friends and family as you see fit and ignore the dictates of ignorant politicians and "experts".
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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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This isn’t really surprising, given what you can see in employment and other reports.  Minnesota is one of the state’s viewed as having a bad economy, one that is either...
December 23, 2025
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

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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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