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Nov 12 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 57

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
A couple of observations, one kind of humorous, and several research summaries.
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Nov 12 2020

How to Report Hospitalizations in a More Transparent Manner

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
North Dakota shows Minnesota how hospital data could and should be reported.
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Nov 12 2020

Asian Countries Have a Different Approach

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Comparing the US to some Asian countries is very misleading.
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Nov 12 2020

Charts from the JP Morgan Lockdown Report

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Some charts from the JP Morgan report illustrate lack of association between extreme mitigation measures and cases or deaths.
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Nov 11 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 56

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
I hit the wrong button and published before I actually got the research summaries in the post. Updated now.
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Nov 10 2020

Duty Only Rings Twice

By Kevin Roche Commentary 18 Comments
A marathon session recapping our fearless leader's coronavirus blathering for your late evening enjoyment.
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Nov 10 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 55

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
A few quick reactions and a couple of research summaries as I attend to some other epidemic matters.
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Nov 10 2020

Deaths in European Countries

By Kevin Roche Commentary 11 Comments
How could any rational person not question the prevailing wisdom on mitigation strategies when they look at this chart.
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Nov 09 2020

Prevalence, Transmission and Cases

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
How fast a pathogen is moving through a population is not an easy calculation.
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Nov 08 2020

Two Obvious Circumstances to Consider

By Kevin Roche Commentary 17 Comments
Two circumstances demonstrate the futility of current mitigation tactics to stop CV-19 spread. We are doing tremendous damage using tactics that are ineffective.
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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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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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