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Aug 30 2020

So What Did the Minnesota Model Predict By Now?

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Ouch, the Minnesota model makes you wince when you compare it to reality.
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Aug 30 2020

Minnesota Deaths in 2020, Part 1

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Taking a look at Minnesota deaths in nursing homes for 2020.
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Aug 30 2020

More on the NYTimes Story

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
More explanation of the implications of the New York Times story on issues with PCR test results.
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Aug 29 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part 78

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A few more research summaries for your weekend perusal.
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Aug 29 2020

The NYTimes Stabs the Panicdemic Purveyors in the Heart–Very Important Story

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
PCR test results are apparently pretty worthless and have provided a completely misleading picture of the epidemic, according to none other than the New York Times.
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Aug 28 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part 77

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
An end of the weekend article and research summary.
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Aug 28 2020

A Brief Update on the Axis of Evil

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
The politically driven doomsayers have been momentary silenced as the epidemic recedes.
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Aug 27 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part 76

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Another late evening disgorgement of research findings and other notes.
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Aug 27 2020

What Is the Point of Being Alive?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
Virus gonna virus, people have to live.
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Aug 27 2020

Schools and Our Children

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
Keeping our kids from a regular educational experience and terrorizing them about epidemic is criminal behavior.
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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

Headlines

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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