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Jan 11 2021

We Will All End Up in the Same Place

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
Hmmm, explain this, especially Florida and California.
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Jan 11 2021

Vaccination Progress

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Minnesota's vaccine administration effort is very poor compared to most of its neighbors.
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Jan 11 2021

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 89

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
More research summaries on the usual topics.
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Jan 10 2021

The US is Turning into China, Voluntarily

By Kevin Roche Commentary 8 Comments
The US has voluntarily turned itself into an ideologically driven idiocracy enforced by a few big tech companies.
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Jan 09 2021

Masks Help Control Case Growth in Ireland

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Ireland is the latest country to find the incredible benefits of mandating mask wearing in stopping transmission in the community.
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Jan 09 2021

Media Bias and Hysteria is Absolutely Real

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
A clear example of how the media will treat the exact same state outcomes very differently, depending on their perception of state leadership.
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Jan 09 2021

CDC Sponsored Research

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Summaries of a number of papers published by the CDC or done by CDC staff.
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Jan 08 2021

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 88

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Catching up on a few research summaries.
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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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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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