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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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Oct 24 2020

Some Interesting Research on Transmission

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A few papers that focus on aspects of transmission, where there is still a fair amount of uncertainty.
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Oct 24 2020

Futility, Humility and Balance

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
We need a little balance in appraising risk and taking action.
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Oct 24 2020

Oh, to Live in Sweden

By Kevin Roche Commentary 8 Comments
Once again, I simply must praise the Swedish handling of the epidemic, which clearly has been far superior to that of other countries.
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Oct 23 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 42

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Another set of research summaries for your gloomy, at least in Minnesota, fall day.
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Oct 23 2020

An Update on Cohort-Based Trends

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
This has been updated and corrected. It takes a lot of work to identify rates of outcomes for a given cohort of cases and to track trends in those rates…
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Oct 22 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 41

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
One more smorgasbord of CV-19 research, can't really say it is tasty.
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Oct 22 2020

The CV-19 Death Reporting Process

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
An explanation of the death certificate process.
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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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A company called Whoop raised a ridiculous $575 million in new capital at a supposed $10 billion valuation.  The press release was released on April 1, so I would like...
April 5, 2026
Big deals continue in health care financings.  eMed, which manages weight loss medications for employers, raises a hefty $200 million, giving it a valuation of $2 billion, which seems crazy....
March 31, 2026
Color Turquoise Health happy, as it raises $40 million in new capital to support an expansion of its business from price transparency to managing contracts for providers.  Unfortunately the price...
March 18, 2026
Eight Sleep, another one of those weird names that litter health care, raised a new round of capital which supposedly values the company at $1.5 billion.  Eight Sleep sells sleep...
March 10, 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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