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May 26 2021

Cohort Analysis, May 25

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The latest cohort analysis shows no rise in hospitalization rate, continued decline in death rate.
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May 26 2021

LTC versus non-LTC Deaths, May 25

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Deaths among LTC residents truly fell dramatically with vaccination.
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May 26 2021

Vaccinations, May 25

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Minnesota, after a rocky start, is making solid progress on vaccination across all age groups.
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May 25 2021

An Excellent Diagram on Mask Function

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
It is pretty solid science behind the function (or lack thereof) of masks.
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May 24 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 73

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The pace of research reporting has slowed a bit in recent days, but I will providing regular summaries as research is published.
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May 23 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 72

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The summer weather won't prevent me from getting out research summaries, but a stomach bug did.
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May 21 2021

National Case and Death Animations, May 16

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Latest national case and death animations.
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May 20 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 71

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
Light research day, so a little ranting and a couple of observations.
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May 19 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 70

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Mid-week research summaries.
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May 19 2021

Our Governor Has Done a Horrendous Job of Responding to the Epidemic

By Kevin Roche Commentary 15 Comments
I won't forget what a walking disaster the IB has been during the epidemic and neither should you.
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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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