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Sep 14 2020

Damage from the Attempts to Mitigate or Suppress Virus Spread

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Repeat after me, lockdowns, etc. will kill far more people than CV-19.
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Sep 14 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part 89

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Why not start the week with a few more research summaries.
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Sep 13 2020

Another Quick Word on PCR Testing

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Putting the PCR testing issues in context is useful and important. Why aren't we getting the data?
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Sep 13 2020

The Current Epidemic Recapitulation

By Kevin Roche Commentary 13 Comments
What DO we know about coronavirus and the course of the epidemic?
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Sep 12 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part 88

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A cool, grey weekend day in Minnesota, perfect for reading a few research summaries.
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Sep 12 2020

Another Nice Graph on Cycle Number and Positivity

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
More illustrations regarding cycle number, culture results and real cases of infectiousness.
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Sep 12 2020

Risk of Death from CV-19 and Age

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
This chart helps understand the relative risk of coronavirus deaths and other deaths for various age groups.
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Sep 12 2020

CV-19 and Risk

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
As we never tire of pointing out, for the general population the risk of death from CV-19 is incredibly low.
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Sep 11 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part 87

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
On and on we go with research summaries.
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Sep 11 2020

France’s Case Surge and Deaths

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
France is an interesting example of futile mask mandates and case surges without accompanying deaths.
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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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