Skip to main content
Healthy Skeptic
search
Menu
  • Commentary
  • Headlines
  • Research
  • Useful Links
  • About & Contact
  • Podcasts
  • search
Close Search

Commentary

 

Sep 15 2020

Three Recent CDC Studies

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Two recent CDC studies will be widely mis-reported and a third likely ignored.
Read More
Sep 15 2020

Midwest Cases Are “Soaring” Says the NYTimes. Really?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Charts on the non-existent Midwest state case surge.
Read More
Sep 14 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus, Part 90

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Some encouraging developments and a few interesting pieces of research.
Read More
Sep 14 2020

Another Example of Mask Effectiveness

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Masks have been enormously effective in Israel, but not at stopping transmission, so they must be effective at something else.
Read More
Sep 14 2020

Damage from the Attempts to Mitigate or Suppress Virus Spread

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Repeat after me, lockdowns, etc. will kill far more people than CV-19.
Read More
Sep 14 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part 89

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Why not start the week with a few more research summaries.
Read More
Sep 13 2020

Another Quick Word on PCR Testing

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Putting the PCR testing issues in context is useful and important. Why aren't we getting the data?
Read More
Sep 13 2020

The Current Epidemic Recapitulation

By Kevin Roche Commentary 13 Comments
What DO we know about coronavirus and the course of the epidemic?
Read More
Sep 12 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part 88

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A cool, grey weekend day in Minnesota, perfect for reading a few research summaries.
Read More
Sep 12 2020

Another Nice Graph on Cycle Number and Positivity

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
More illustrations regarding cycle number, culture results and real cases of infectiousness.
Read More
  • « Previous
  • 1
  • …
  • 329
  • 330
  • 331
  • 332
  • 333
  • …
  • 660
  • Next »

✅ Receive notifications of new posts by email.

About this Blog

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.

Healthy Skeptic Podcast

Research

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

There is some weird angle here, as Angle Health raises $600 million in a new capital round, but it appears some of it is to provide liquidity to existing shareholders....
September 22, 2026
More AI craziness in health care.  A company called H1 is buying Defacto Health for God-knows how much money.  Both companies claim an AI background and to help with “provider...
September 11, 2026
To show you how AI fever has infected every part of the investing world, this company, Forus, raised $150 million in new capital at a $3 billion valuation by saying...
September 9, 2026
Thyme Care decides its time to party, spicing up its business with a fresh $125 million in capital, with a valuation of over $2 billion.  The company helps manage cancer...
September 3, 2026

Tags

Access (89) ACO (165) Care Management (268) Chronic Disease (216) Comparative Effectiveness (81) Consumer Directed Health (71) Consumers (514) Devices (168) Disease Management (149) Drugs (605) EHRs (145) Elder Care (149) End-of-Life Care (97) FDA (85) Financings (1845) Genomics (80) Government (357) Health Care Costs (1428) Health Care Quality (616) Health Care Reform (1227) Health Insurance (1116) Health Insurance Exchange (162) HIT (478) HomeCare (76) Hospital (490) Hospital Readmissions (79) Legislation (78) M&A (1726) Malpractice (84) Meaningful Use (105) Medicaid (334) Medical Care (346) Medicare (607) Medicare Advantage (80) Mobile (89) Pay For Performance (92) Pharmaceutical (211) Physicians (569) Providers (252) Regulation (72) Repealing Reform (133) Telehealth (79) Telemedicine (325) Wellness and Prevention (316) Workplace (117)

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.

Categories

  • Commentary
  • Headlines
  • Research

Useful Links

  • Congressional Budget Office
  • Health Affairs

RSS Feed

RSS feed

© 2026 Healthy Skeptic.

  • twitter
  • facebook
  • linkedin
Close Menu
  • Commentary
  • Headlines
  • Research
  • Useful Links
  • About & Contact
  • Podcasts