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Oct 28 2020

Masks, Masks, Masks, Is Our Whole Life Masks?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 8 Comments
I can't miss an opportunity to debunk the mask non-science, which is pretty easy to do.
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Oct 27 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 46

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A wide variety of quick summaries as we see the usual catchup with preprints of research from the weekend.
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Oct 27 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 45

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Some observations and a couple of mask research summaries.
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Oct 27 2020

Pull-Forward Deaths

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
An illustration of the phenomenon of pull-forward deaths, which we can expect to see everywhere.
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Oct 27 2020

Yeah, Lot of Correlation Between Lockdowns and Lower Deaths

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Lockdown stringency and deaths have a complicated relationship.
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Oct 26 2020

The State of Minnesota Is Incapable of Adapting and Using a Different Playboodk

By Kevin Roche Commentary 10 Comments
Another day in coronavirus briefing hell.
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Oct 26 2020

Context Is Always Good

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
This isn't the first time a pathogen has caused a lot of deaths.
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Oct 26 2020

The Worst Piece of Garbage Mask “Study” Yet

By Kevin Roche Commentary 10 Comments
The mask controversy has stirred up the septic tank of research, because there is no actual research supporting any benefit.
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Oct 26 2020

A Head Full of Coronvirus Research, Part 44

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Starting your week off with even more of this unending CV-19 stuff.
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Oct 25 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 43

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
The weekend comes to a big bang? whimpering? close with a few 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

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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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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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