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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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Jul 11 2020

More Mask Fetish

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The latest mass delusion is that masks will save us from coronavirus.
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Jul 10 2020

A New Winner in the Dumbest Coronavirus Statement Contest and Some Minnesota Briefing Items

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Our political leaders are numbskulls to say the least.
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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

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
Virtual physical therapy company Sword Health sticks it to shareholders by acquiring virtual mental health company Headspace in an all cash deal valued at somewhere between $200 million and $300...
August 29, 2026
Cityblock raises $116 million in new capital, partly to help with the acquisition of Homeward Health.  Cityblock coordinates and provides care in urban settings and Homeward is focused on rural...
August 21, 2026
Happy Health is ecstatic to raise $75 million in new capital for its home health monitoring platform, which helps manage sleep apnea and other problems.  We will see how ecstatic...
August 20, 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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