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Aug 13 2020

The Axis of Evil, Updated

By Kevin Roche Commentary 13 Comments
I get upset about absurd lockdown proposals for a reason.
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Aug 12 2020

Kashkari Joins the Axis of Evil

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
An unimaginable suggestion that we lockdown even harder, for no good reason, and with a completely blase attitude toward the harms that would result.
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Aug 11 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part 63

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Hmmm, not all is well in mask land, and a few other research items.
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Aug 11 2020

Competition Among States

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Nothing is apparently too clueless for a politician to say.
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Aug 11 2020

Minnesota Trends Graphs

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Some graphs that depict trends in cases, hospitalizations and deaths with a different scale for deaths to display relative change better, thanks to some readers.
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Aug 11 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part 62

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Some random items, with the school and child debate in particular rolling on.
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Aug 10 2020

Monday Meanderings

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
How dumb does the state think we are? Apparently pretty dumb.
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Aug 09 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part 61

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A few research pieces, covering topics of current interest.
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Aug 08 2020

What We Learned and Know This Week

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
Still a number of unanswered questions around our new BFF, which isn't going away, ever.
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Aug 06 2020

An Antidote to Fear-Mongering

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
Absolutely nothing to be concerned about in Minnesota's non-epidemic.
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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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