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Oct 21 2020

A Few Brief Updates on Minnesota and Elsewhere

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
More carping about data quality and misleading, at best, information from the state.
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Oct 21 2020

More on Those Cases Reported on October 16

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Another update on all those cases reported on October 16.
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Oct 21 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 40

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
The usual topics covered--excess deaths, suicides, cases, masks and smoking.
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Oct 20 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 39

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
A few quick comments and research summaries as I return to the frozen north.
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Oct 18 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 38

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The weekend comes to a close with some more informative research findings.
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Oct 18 2020

A New Normal?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
Lots of talk about a new normal that doesn't sound very pleasant to me.
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Oct 18 2020

Deaths as Reported by Minnesota Versus Date of Death by CDC

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another look at Minnesota's hosed up death reporting versus the CDC's deaths by actual date they occurred.
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Oct 17 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 37

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The research doesn't stop for weekends and neither do the summaries.
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Oct 17 2020

About Those 2297 Cases Reported Yesterday

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
An example to help you understand what cases reported on a day actually means.
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Oct 16 2020

Our Minnesota Officials Get Very Serious, Some Other Observations

By Kevin Roche Commentary 8 Comments
The state officials end the week on the usual low note, but it is all our fault.
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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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August 3, 2026
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July 29, 2026
Telehealth is still going strong and whenever possible the companies in the field talk about AI.  Doctronic has an “AI Doctor” which you can visit and it is acquiring Summer...
July 29, 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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