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Sep 22 2020

Nashville Area

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An interesting take on the epidemic course in the Nashville area reveals the futility of suppression efforts.
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Sep 22 2020

Another Interesting Comparison, LA versus Sweden

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Another revealing comparison on the effect of suppression efforts--LA versus Sweden.
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Sep 22 2020

Current Minnesota Death Rates

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A table with the current death population and case death rates in Minnesota.
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Sep 22 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Briefings

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
A few highlights?, lowlights? from the CV-19 briefing yesterday.
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Sep 22 2020

Excess Deaths in Minnesota, Version 2

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Keeping an eye on deaths above average in Minnesota for certain non-CV-19 causes, as shown by the CDC.
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Sep 22 2020

Tracking Cases in Minnesota

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
Maybe a table will help demonstrate how screwed up case and test reporting is in Minnesota.
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Sep 22 2020

Someone Please Explain Sweden

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Let us compare Sweden and Spain on cases through the course of the epidemic.
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Sep 21 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part 95

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
An evening drop of research summaries.
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Sep 21 2020

More on Testing and Viral Loads

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
A few more studies related to PCR testing and viral loads.
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Sep 21 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part 94

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
In catch-up mode again with research, starting with a few quick notes.
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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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Simplistically, high health spending is due to high hospital prices, which is due to excessive market power.  An article shows just how concentrated most US hospital markets are.   In...
March 10, 2026
Mental health companies are very hot.  Virtual mental health services provider Talkspace is being bought by hospital operator Universal Health for around $835 million, a high multiple of revenue and...
March 10, 2026
There are so many health care companies that people struggle to come up with names and we end with weird stuff like Grow Therapy, which nonetheless raised $150 million to...
March 4, 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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