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Apr 27 2020

You Can’t Spell Pandemic Without Panic

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Fear, stubbornness and group-thinking are driving policymakers' responses to the coronavirus epidemic.
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Apr 26 2020

The Tyranny of the Experts, Revisted

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A revisitation of the Tyranny of the Experts posts, with some additional thoughts.
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Apr 26 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part Seis

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A few more research summaries of note.
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Apr 26 2020

Yet More Evidence on the True Infection Rate

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
We now have a large number of studies indicating that the true number of infections is many multiples of the reported number.
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Apr 26 2020

A Weekly Recap, Where We Are Now

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
It becomes more and more obvious every day that the epidemic posed a low threat and we have reacted excessively and in a manner that is devastating to all of…
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Apr 25 2020

Some Last Minute Thoughts for the Day

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A good piece by a doctor explains why we have to immediately change course.
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Apr 25 2020

Interpreting Coronavirus Death Statistics

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A look at national death rates just shows how crazy our "one size fits all" extreme lockdown policy is.
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Apr 25 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part Whatever

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A tip on statistics for the Governor and some research summaries.
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Apr 25 2020

I Was Serious When I Said There Are Two Separate Epidemics in Minnesota

By Kevin Roche Commentary 12 Comments
The vast majority of Minnesotans have no risk for serious illness of coronavirus, while our nursing home population is very vulnerable, but the state's economy is being destroyed for all…
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Apr 25 2020

We Are Not All In This Together

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
We need to stop pretending that everyone's life is being taken equally into consideration in the decisions made by the Governor.
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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

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Eight Sleep, another one of those weird names that litter health care, raised a new round of capital which supposedly values the company at $1.5 billion.  Eight Sleep sells sleep...
March 10, 2026
Simplistically, high health spending is due to high hospital prices, which is due to excessive market power.  An article shows just how concentrated most US hospital markets are.   In...
March 10, 2026
Mental health companies are very hot.  Virtual mental health services provider Talkspace is being bought by hospital operator Universal Health for around $835 million, a high multiple of revenue and...
March 10, 2026
There are so many health care companies that people struggle to come up with names and we end with weird stuff like Grow Therapy, which nonetheless raised $150 million to...
March 4, 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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