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Jul 27 2020

The Big Picture

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
This epidemic is notably marked by the pathetic lack of good guidance by so-called experts, which has led to devastating public policy actions wreaking havoc on economies, social cohesion, health…
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Jul 26 2020

Mask Wearing & Deaths

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Coronavirus deaths in a country also aren't correlated with the level of mask use.
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Jul 25 2020

A Few More Minnesota Observations

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Mask dregs and a few other thoughts on Minnesota.
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Jul 25 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part 49

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Research summaries focusing on the immune response to coronavirus.
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Jul 24 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part 48

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A few interesting pieces of research, including some mask updates that are unhelpful to the mask fetishists.
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Jul 24 2020

Masks and Cases

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
There is no correlation between a country's rate of mask use and cases.
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Jul 24 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part 47

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A few pieces of research, with an unfortunate focus on the harms caused by lockdowns.
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Jul 23 2020

A Very, Very Sad Day in Minnesota, Part II

By Kevin Roche Commentary 12 Comments
The mask mandate is unnecessary and won't make any difference. It is just another in a long line of undemocratic and stupid decisions our Dictator has made in regard to…
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Jul 23 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part 46

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Two papers, one from the CDC on contact tracing in South Korea and one regarding what factors seem associated with better epidemic outcomes.
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Jul 22 2020

A Very Sad Day in Minnesota, Part I

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
After a long lie-down and several glasses of Pepto-Bismol, I believe I can report on yesterday's press conference.
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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

GoHealth is another of those excessively valued health startups that was always destined to flounder and not it has filed bankruptcy and the company will be turned over to lenders....
June 8, 2026
Garner Health isn’t gathering any accolades from me, as it raises a new round of $100 million in capital at about a $2.5 billion valuation.   The company supposedly steers...
June 2, 2026
IKS Health, a British company with a US subsidiary that offers “care enablement” and mentions AI, of course,  is buying TruBridge for $557 million.  TruBridge offers revenue cycle management and...
April 30, 2026
Innovacer, which basically collects data on a patient from multiple sources and aggregates it, raised an astounding $275 million in new capital, supposedly at a valuation of almost $3.5 billion....
April 22, 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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