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Aug 22 2020

South Korea

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
The virus re-emerges in South Korea. Seasonality? Just playing with us?
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Aug 22 2020

Updated Date of Death Analysis

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
I prefer to see deaths by date they actually occurred. The closest thing is the CDC's weekly date of death reports and I update my comparison to Minnesota date of…
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Aug 22 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part 72

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Weekend research summaries, including a trashy piece of "research" on children, a couple of interesting mask studies and a phenomenal rate of prevalence in India.
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Aug 22 2020

Excess Coronavirus and Lockdown Deaths

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
I stand by my prediction that the lockdowns and terrorization of the population will kill more Americans than coronavirus will.
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Aug 22 2020

More on the Kansas Mask Lies

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Kansas officials try to mask the truth on the non-effect of masks, but they are unmasked.
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Aug 21 2020

Really!?! You Cannot Be Serious!!

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Depressingly, another new winner in the coronavirus lunacy contest, first prize is an all-expenses paid trip to hell, which currently is located in a number of US states run by…
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Aug 20 2020

Where a Minnesotan Got Coronavirus

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
More screwed up data makes in hard to identify trends in where transmission is occurring.
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Aug 20 2020

How About This For Death Reporting

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Oregon shows Minnesota how to report deaths.
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Aug 20 2020

Florida Versus New York

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
By any measure, New York did a far worse job of handling coronavirus than Florida has done.
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Aug 20 2020

Death Reporting Issues

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
Death reporting in Minnesota drives me crazy.
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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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Research

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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