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Aug 26 2020

Updated Trend Charts and Table

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Updated charts on the Minnesota hospitalization and death rates, both cumulative and as of the then-current week.
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Aug 26 2020

Excess Deaths in Minnesota

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A CDC chart on deaths above average in Minnesota demonstrates the toll the lockdowns and other actions have imposed.
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Aug 26 2020

Updated Minnesota Chart

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A quick updated chart on Minnesota's epidemic.
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Aug 25 2020

A Quick Minnesota Update

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
Musings on Minnesota's non-epidemic.
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Aug 24 2020

Getting “Reinfected” by Coronavirus Is No Big Deal

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Get ready for a wave of panic over a case of coronavirus "reinfection".
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Aug 24 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part 74

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Starting the week with cross-reactivity, schools and masks. Same-old, same-old.
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Aug 23 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part 73

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Additions to the body of knowledge around coronavirus continue to accrue.
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Aug 23 2020

Reign of Terror, Reign of Error

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
The epidemic response has been comprised of two primary elements--frighten the heck out of people and take ill-considered, disproportionate and extremely damaging actions.
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Aug 22 2020

South Korea

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
The virus re-emerges in South Korea. Seasonality? Just playing with us?
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Aug 22 2020

Updated Date of Death Analysis

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
I prefer to see deaths by date they actually occurred. The closest thing is the CDC's weekly date of death reports and I update my comparison to Minnesota date of…
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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

Hinge Health, which manages care for musculoskeletal and migraine conditions, opens the door to gastrointestinal care with a $105 million acquisition of Cylinder Health, which focuses on managing meds and...
August 5, 2026
If you are a health care company, you too can raise astronomical sums of capital if you claim to be part of the AI wave.  Function Health demonstrates by raising...
August 3, 2026
Included Health wants no one to feel left out, so it is buying Firefly Health, which is attracted to the light of all that money.  Included Health is yet another...
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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