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Dec 12 2020

Lest We Forget

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Since the state is hiding recent modeling work, if it is even being done, let's go way back and review the last work product we saw.
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Dec 12 2020

Our Politicians Don’t Give a Damn About Minorities and Low-Income Persons

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Look at who is really getting hurt by the lockdowns and other actions.
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Dec 12 2020

The Germans Have this Epidemic Hacked, Not

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
No European country is going to escape without some significant damage.
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Dec 11 2020

What the Headlines Should Say

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Warning, explicit ranting about the conduct of our reprehensible and odious governor.
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Dec 11 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 77

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
The work week ends, but our work never stops. Depressing news about the harms we are doing to most of the population, but they don't count because they don't have…
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Dec 10 2020

Excess Deaths

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
A good chart on excess deaths by age group, a large number of which are not due to CV-19.
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Dec 10 2020

Hospitalizations

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Hospital lengths of stays have dropped substantially for CV-19 disease.
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Dec 10 2020

A Very Enlightening Chart

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
This chart gives a great explanation of how consumer mask wearing behavior just changes dramatically from day to day and affects case rises. (Suppressed laughter)
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Dec 10 2020

It Would Be So Much Worse If We Weren’t All Wearing Masks All the Time. Really? How Could It Be?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Charts destroy this common argument about how masks are making such a difference despite incredible case rises.
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Dec 10 2020

Other Ways to Look at Active Cases

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A couple of additional ways to calculate active cases, all showing that they peaked in early November and are falling rapidly.
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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...
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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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September 11, 2026
To show you how AI fever has infected every part of the investing world, this company, Forus, raised $150 million in new capital at a $3 billion valuation by saying...
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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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