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Mar 16 2021

Still Trying to Figure Out the Death Data Dump

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Death reporting in Minnesota is just goofy.
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Mar 16 2021

More Evidence of the Phenomenal Benefits of Lockdowns

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Lockdowns are really good--at killing jobs.
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Mar 16 2021

Excess Deaths

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
A fascinating chart showing total excess deaths for several countries and the US States for 2020 and 2021 YTD on an age-adjusted, per capita basis.
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Mar 15 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 25

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
More ramblings from my CV-19 addled mind.
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Mar 15 2021

A Little Woke Humor

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
A little dark humor, be funnier if it wasn't so reflective of the pathetic era we live in.
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Mar 14 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 24

By Kevin Roche Commentary 8 Comments
On a plane home, cranking out research summaries.
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Mar 13 2021

Epidemic Curves Are Basically the Same, No Matter the Mitigation Strategy

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Case curves look the same despite very different attempts at suppression.
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Mar 12 2021

A Brief Economic Digression

By Kevin Roche Commentary 8 Comments
The current administration is going to destroy the economy, after a brief period of apparent growth.
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Mar 11 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 23

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Even in lovely, but chilly, Arches National Park I pump out the research summaries.
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Mar 10 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 22

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another in the seemingly unending sets of research 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

GoHealth is another of those excessively valued health startups that was always destined to flounder and not it has filed bankruptcy and the company will be turned over to lenders....
June 8, 2026
Garner Health isn’t gathering any accolades from me, as it raises a new round of $100 million in capital at about a $2.5 billion valuation.   The company supposedly steers...
June 2, 2026
IKS Health, a British company with a US subsidiary that offers “care enablement” and mentions AI, of course,  is buying TruBridge for $557 million.  TruBridge offers revenue cycle management and...
April 30, 2026
Innovacer, which basically collects data on a patient from multiple sources and aggregates it, raised an astounding $275 million in new capital, supposedly at a valuation of almost $3.5 billion....
April 22, 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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