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Sep 17 2020

I Have Completely Had It With the State’s B*llsh*t

By Kevin Roche Commentary 9 Comments
The State of Minnesota is lying to its citizens about the epidemic. Why?
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Sep 17 2020

Testing and Cases

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Trying to figure out the relationship between cases and tests isn't easy based on the data Minnesota provides.
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Sep 16 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part 92

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
Governments have failed us miserably; lying, hiding, being incompetent. A few examples.
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Sep 16 2020

Children and CV-19

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A CDC paper reports that children who are dying from CV-19 had serious pre-existing conditions.
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Sep 15 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part 91

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
Some evening tidbits in the never-ending fun that is coronavirus.
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Sep 15 2020

How Crazy Is Death Reporting?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Virginia illustrates how screwed up CV-19 death reporting is and what a misleading picture is created.
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Sep 15 2020

Three Recent CDC Studies

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Two recent CDC studies will be widely mis-reported and a third likely ignored.
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Sep 15 2020

Midwest Cases Are “Soaring” Says the NYTimes. Really?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Charts on the non-existent Midwest state case surge.
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Sep 14 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus, Part 90

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Some encouraging developments and a few interesting pieces of research.
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Sep 14 2020

Another Example of Mask Effectiveness

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Masks have been enormously effective in Israel, but not at stopping transmission, so they must be effective at something else.
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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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