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May 12 2021

More Evidence of Masks Working, or Not

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
An interesting comparison of mask-mandate and non-mask mandate states.
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May 12 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 64

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Bouncing around on an airplane and still getting off some research summaries.
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May 11 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 63

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
A quick set of research summaries, more later and another set of charts.
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May 10 2021

The India Panic

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
India has a lot of cases and deaths, but isn't close to what the UK experienced.
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May 10 2021

Age-Adjusted Deaths, Updated

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A chart of deaths by state, adjusted for population age-structure, is revealing.
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May 10 2021

LTC Cases

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
There does not appear to be any increase in the proportion of LTC cases among staff or residents, contrary to a certain good doctor's concerns.
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May 10 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 62

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Yippee, its spring and I spring some more research summaries on you.
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May 08 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 61

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
A few more observations on Minnesota's lightening up on lockdown measures and the usual medley of research summaries.
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May 07 2021

LTC/Non-LTC Deaths, May 7 Update

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
LTC residents as a source of CV-19 deaths has dropped dramatically.
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May 07 2021

Hospitalization Rates by Age Group

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
A great chart of trends in hospitalization rates by age group. You clearly do not see any evidence of an increase in the rate for younger cohorts, especially children and…
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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

There is some weird angle here, as Angle Health raises $600 million in a new capital round, but it appears some of it is to provide liquidity to existing shareholders....
September 22, 2026
More AI craziness in health care.  A company called H1 is buying Defacto Health for God-knows how much money.  Both companies claim an AI background and to help with “provider...
September 11, 2026
To show you how AI fever has infected every part of the investing world, this company, Forus, raised $150 million in new capital at a $3 billion valuation by saying...
September 9, 2026
Thyme Care decides its time to party, spicing up its business with a fresh $125 million in capital, with a valuation of over $2 billion.  The company helps manage cancer...
September 3, 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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