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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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Aug 06 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part 60

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A potpourri for your afternoon perusal.
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Aug 06 2020

More on Children and Schools

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
There is a curious surge in published research attempting to suggest that children are a major problem in the epidemic. Wonder what or who could be behind that?
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Aug 06 2020

Masks, Masks, Masks, Is Our Whole Life Masks?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Despite my anger at the mis-information spread by politicians, and others, I will try to be balanced about the mask issue.
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Aug 05 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part 59

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
The late nite research summary dump. Much more coming tomorrow, including masks and schools.
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Aug 05 2020

When Do Coronavirus Deaths Occur?

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
An updated table and chart based on date of death.
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Aug 05 2020

Updated Minnesota Trends

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An updated look at death and hospitalization rates shows the general continuing decline.
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Aug 04 2020

A Brief Minnesota and National Status Report

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
A bit of a status update.
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Aug 04 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part 58

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The morning research dump.
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Aug 03 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part 57

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
The week starts off with another burst of coronavirus studies.
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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

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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