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Mar 31 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 36

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
Some mid-week research summaries, as my brain swelters in central Florida.
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Mar 30 2021

Hmmm, Again, on Masks

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another fun masking chart, courtesy of Twitter.
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Mar 29 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 35

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Some important papers on vaccine efficacy, lockdown inefficacy and the true role of asymptomatic spread.
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Mar 28 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 34

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
A quick set of research summaries, as I escape the heat and humidity of Florida for a bit.
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Mar 27 2021

The Neanderthals Are Winning

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
The Neanderthals in Texas appear to have been right to completely open up the state and end the mask mandate. They apparently are smarter than the president.
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Mar 27 2021

Time For Minnesota to End the Mask Mandate to Help Flatten the Curve

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
An interesting chart of upper Midwest states reveals a unique suppression measure only Minnesota is enforcing and that may be facilitating case spread.
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Mar 26 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 33

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
Some observations and summaries and then I am off to the land of the free, Florida, again.
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Mar 25 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 32

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
The usual medley of observations and summaries.
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Mar 24 2021

LTC Versus Non-LTC Deaths in Minnesota

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A visual picture of the impact vaccination may be having on LTC deaths.
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Mar 24 2021

Mask Mandates Are an Effective Tool for Facilitating Spread

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
More strong evidence of the (non) effectiveness of mask mandates.
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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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Hinge Health, which manages care for musculoskeletal and migraine conditions, opens the door to gastrointestinal care with a $105 million acquisition of Cylinder Health, which focuses on managing meds and...
August 5, 2026
If you are a health care company, you too can raise astronomical sums of capital if you claim to be part of the AI wave.  Function Health demonstrates by raising...
August 3, 2026
Included Health wants no one to feel left out, so it is buying Firefly Health, which is attracted to the light of all that money.  Included Health is yet another...
July 29, 2026
Telehealth is still going strong and whenever possible the companies in the field talk about AI.  Doctronic has an “AI Doctor” which you can visit and it is acquiring Summer...
July 29, 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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