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Dec 21 2020

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

By Kevin Roche Commentary 13 Comments
Use your own judgment about what to do for the holidays, and have a warm and relaxing time, whatever you are doing.
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Dec 20 2020

Inspiring Quotations

By Kevin Roche Commentary 8 Comments
No better guide to the mess we are in than this set of quotations; and no better guide for the way out.
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Dec 20 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 80

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
After a brief pause, back to the observations and research summaries.
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Dec 17 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 79

By Kevin Roche Commentary 11 Comments
My usual late nite ramblings and research summaries. Read the one on masks at the end. It is long but very revealing.
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Dec 17 2020

Lies, More Lies and Damned Lies

By Kevin Roche Commentary 9 Comments
Just another day in paradise, living under the autocracy and CV-19 obsessed regime that is the Walz administration. Yesterday we were supposedly blessed with some easing of his orders, as…
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Dec 17 2020

The Upper Midwest Rises and Falls Together

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
The Upper Midwest states pretty much had a surge over the same time frame.
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Dec 17 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 78

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A few research summaries and observations.
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Dec 17 2020

Another Update on Active Cases

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
An updated set of active cases charts reflects a continued tracing of a classic epidemic curve in Minnesota. Mitigation attempts have no significant impact.
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Dec 17 2020

$5000 Fines for Not Wearing Masks Will Keep Cases From Rising (details below)

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
Germany not only isn't immune from the epidemic, but offers a stellar example of how well masking is working, and another chart shows how accurate the Danish mask study was.
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Dec 15 2020

Minnesota Does Not Have The Best Data in the Country, Not Even Close

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
Contrary to certain claims by our primary non-leader, Minnesota's data is not good or transparent.
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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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