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Jan 29 2021

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 97

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
Almost completely caught up going into the weekend, yeah!!
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Jan 29 2021

Lockdowns, Masks and Other Government Nonsense

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
Two of my least favorite topics, masks and lockdowns, are featured in this round of research summaries.
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Jan 28 2021

Some Ranting and Observations on the Pathetic Nature of our Federal and State Administration

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
We are in a period of intense government incompetence and lying, at the national and state level.
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Jan 28 2021

Yep, the Virus Has Its Own Rhythm

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
An amazing pictorial view of the geographical progress and differentiation of the epidemic.
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Jan 27 2021

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 96

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
After the blizzard of charts this morning, another set of research summaries. One more big research dump and I am pretty much caught up.
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Jan 27 2021

Another Round of Age Structure Charts

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
CV-19 still is way more dangerous to the elderly than the young.
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Jan 27 2021

Active Cases Analysis Update

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
The latest set of charts on the number of active cases, or infectious people, in Minnesota.
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Jan 27 2021

Once More on Kansas Masks

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
The most fraudulent mask study yet, or at least close to the most, is the Kansas one.
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Jan 27 2021

Cohort Analysis Updated Again

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Not a lot of change in either hospitalization or death rates.
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Jan 26 2021

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 95

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A wide variety of research topics in this set of summaries.
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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

Color Turquoise Health happy, as it raises $40 million in new capital to support an expansion of its business from price transparency to managing contracts for providers.  Unfortunately the price...
March 18, 2026
Eight Sleep, another one of those weird names that litter health care, raised a new round of capital which supposedly values the company at $1.5 billion.  Eight Sleep sells sleep...
March 10, 2026
Simplistically, high health spending is due to high hospital prices, which is due to excessive market power.  An article shows just how concentrated most US hospital markets are.   In...
March 10, 2026
Mental health companies are very hot.  Virtual mental health services provider Talkspace is being bought by hospital operator Universal Health for around $835 million, a high multiple of revenue and...
March 10, 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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