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May 30 2020

Drowning in Sorrow, with a Chaser of Research

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A few late night coronavirus hits for those of you with trouble sleeping, which would be understandable.
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May 30 2020

The Lockdowns Are Our Version of Medieval Medicine

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The lockdowns are like the medieval practice of bleeding and work about as well.
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May 29 2020

Morning Notes

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The usual combo platter of articles and research.
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May 29 2020

Another Cruise Ship Example

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another cruise ship study validates the notion that significant numbers of people simply do not become infected on exposure and of those who do get infected, most have asymptomatic infections.
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May 28 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 10

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A shorter set of research and article summaries.
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May 28 2020

Morning Update

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
The excessive and ill-informed reactions to the epidemic have to stop, but political leaders are more concerned about saving face.
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May 27 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 9

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
It never ends, more and more research on coronavirus.
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May 27 2020

The Issues with Minnesota Modeling, Part 5, Republished

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
I am republishing the suggested alternative clinical scheme and approach to modeling the coronavirus epidemic, with a slight refresh.
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May 27 2020

What is the Point of the Research and Data Summaries

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Keeping up with the research and data helps fill in the big policy points for the epidemic.
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May 27 2020

Yesterday’s Briefing and Some Quick Research Summaries

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A few early morning observations and research summaries.
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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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Angle Health, a vendor of a supposedly artificial intelligence powered health benefits platform for employers raised $134 million in new capital.  All you have to do is mention AI and...
December 4, 2025
Reema Health, which calls itself a complex care management company, reamed investors for $19 million in capital, to be used for the usual “to support growth”.  The firm works with...
December 2, 2025
Press Ganey, which provides market research for health plans and providers , is being purchased by health care survey firm Qualtrics for $6.75 billion.  Both companies claim this is all...
October 6, 2025
Another weirdly named company, Thyme Care, spices things up by raising a fresh $97 million in capital to support its cancer care managment business.
September 25, 2025

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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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