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Jul 14 2020

CDC Report on Characteristics of Coronavirus Deaths

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The Centers for Disease Control gives us detailed characteristics of coronavirus deaths through May 18th.
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Jul 14 2020

Again I Ask, What Is the Plan?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Minnesota, and most other states, are drifting with no clear strategy or objective in regard to the epidemic.
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Jul 14 2020

More Evidence of How Great Masks Are at Preventing Spread

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Connecticut also demonstrates the fallacy of masks having a significant role in preventing transmission.
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Jul 13 2020

One More Interesting Comparative Chart

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Arizona, Florida and Texas are doing way better than New York ever did.
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Jul 13 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part 38

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another dump of research summaries.
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Jul 13 2020

Deaths on the Date They Occurred

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A chart and a table to help you understand deaths by date occurred versus reported and how those differences give a different picture of the epidemic.
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Jul 13 2020

New York City and Sweden

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A chart gives you a good look at why Sweden's approach is actually much better than that of a lot of places, including New York.
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Jul 13 2020

A Quick Minnesota Update

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
What we are seeing from the epidemic in Minnesota compels continuation of faster reopening of business and social activities.
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Jul 13 2020

Mask Mandate Effectiveness in One Graph

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A graph from a state with a mask mandate beginning in the middle of May demonstrates just how effective they are.
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Jul 11 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part 37

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Research and thoughtful articles help keep us abreast of the epidemic and its effects.
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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

Health care is a big part of the economy so investment dollars tend to flow there, not always wisely.  There is alot of gibberish in this press release from Pearl...
July 9, 2026
InStride Health hit the ground running, well maybe walking, as it raised $30 million in additional capital for its pediatric mental health business.  Children’s mental health would be just fine...
June 17, 2026
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

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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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