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Aug 13 2020

Lockdowns, Deaths and Unemployment

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Yeah, the lockdowns really helped people feel confident about the economy and go out and spend and create jobs.
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Aug 13 2020

The Axis of Evil, Updated

By Kevin Roche Commentary 13 Comments
I get upset about absurd lockdown proposals for a reason.
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Aug 12 2020

Kashkari Joins the Axis of Evil

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
An unimaginable suggestion that we lockdown even harder, for no good reason, and with a completely blase attitude toward the harms that would result.
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Aug 11 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part 63

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Hmmm, not all is well in mask land, and a few other research items.
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Aug 11 2020

Competition Among States

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Nothing is apparently too clueless for a politician to say.
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Aug 11 2020

Minnesota Trends Graphs

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Some graphs that depict trends in cases, hospitalizations and deaths with a different scale for deaths to display relative change better, thanks to some readers.
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Aug 11 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part 62

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Some random items, with the school and child debate in particular rolling on.
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Aug 10 2020

Monday Meanderings

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
How dumb does the state think we are? Apparently pretty dumb.
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Aug 09 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part 61

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A few research pieces, covering topics of current interest.
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Aug 08 2020

What We Learned and Know This Week

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
Still a number of unanswered questions around our new BFF, which isn't going away, ever.
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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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October 22, 2026
There is some weird angle here, as Angle Health raises $600 million in a new capital round, but it appears some of it is to provide liquidity to existing shareholders....
September 22, 2026
More AI craziness in health care.  A company called H1 is buying Defacto Health for God-knows how much money.  Both companies claim an AI background and to help with “provider...
September 11, 2026
To show you how AI fever has infected every part of the investing world, this company, Forus, raised $150 million in new capital at a $3 billion valuation by saying...
September 9, 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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