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May 03 2020

More Random News and Columns

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A few random items.
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May 03 2020

We Are Living in a Dictatorship

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
You have to read the executive orders to understand how one person is dictating every aspect of our lives.
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May 03 2020

Children and Coronavirus

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A further look at some research on relative susceptibility to coronavirus.
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May 02 2020

A Stop the Presses Paper Relating to Population Immunity

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A new paper recognizes that individual susceptibility to infection must be accounted for in models of the epidemic.
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May 02 2020

What to Look for in the Next Run of the Minnesota Model

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The estimates from the next Minnesota model run will tell us if the modelers are being pressured to make deaths look high.
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May 02 2020

A Few News and Other Stories

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Summaries of some articles and columns.
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May 01 2020

A Few Research Summaries

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
I finally get back to what I really love, reading and summarizing scientific papers.
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May 01 2020

A Few Headlines From the Local Paper

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A better picture of the economic distress caused by severe lockdowns emerges from headlines in the local paper.
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May 01 2020

Minnesota Extends It’s Stay-at-home and Business Shutdown Order

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Yesterday's coronavirus briefing in my home state was another masterful dipping and dodging performance, but the questions are getting tougher.
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May 01 2020

The CDC and Minnesota Don’t Make It Easy to Work With Coronavirus Numbers

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Be nice to get one simple chart from the CDC and the Minnesota Department of Health on coronavirus statistics.
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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

A company called Whoop raised a ridiculous $575 million in new capital at a supposed $10 billion valuation.  The press release was released on April 1, so I would like...
April 5, 2026
Big deals continue in health care financings.  eMed, which manages weight loss medications for employers, raises a hefty $200 million, giving it a valuation of $2 billion, which seems crazy....
March 31, 2026
Color Turquoise Health happy, as it raises $40 million in new capital to support an expansion of its business from price transparency to managing contracts for providers.  Unfortunately the price...
March 18, 2026
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

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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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