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Apr 06 2020

Another Good Nate Silver Piece

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Nate Silver gives more explanations about the difficulty of finding usable coronavirus case counts.
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Apr 06 2020

Problems with Creating and Using Models

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
One of the popular models being relied upon by politicians for coronavirus decisions illustrates the dangers of that reliance.
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Apr 06 2020

The Tyranny of the Experts Continued

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A few more thoughts and questions on how and why we are allowing our public policy by a few experts with tunnel vision.
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Apr 05 2020

You Must Read This

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Extreme economic shutdowns cause extreme financial and non-financial harms, as this article explains.
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Apr 05 2020

You Must Watch this Video

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A very respected physician and PhD economist lays out perfectly while the current course of extreme lockdowns is so imprudent.
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Apr 04 2020

What is the CDC Up to With Causes of Death?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Some information on coronavirus deaths at the CDC is confusing to say the least.
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Apr 04 2020

How to Lighten it Up for a Bit

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Take and break and let's disco!!
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Apr 04 2020

A Weekly Recap on What We Think We Know

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Time for a little summarization of where we seem to be.
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Apr 03 2020

CDC Report on Comorbidities of Those With Coronavirus Illness

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A report from the Centers for Disease Control describes comorbidities of persons coming down with coronavirus disease.
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Apr 03 2020

Modeling Coronavirus in Minnesota

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Our state gives some further indication of just how screwed up it's modeling is and in how misleading a manner the results have been used.
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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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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

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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