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Apr 23 2020

Okay, There is Now No Doubt that the Infection Rate is Much Higher than Reported

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A randomized survey in New York reveals that a large percentage of New Yorkers have antibodies and the death rate is quite low.
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Apr 23 2020

More Depressing Stories

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
People, we have to wake up to the reality of what we are doing to our economy, our health care system and ourselves.
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Apr 23 2020

We Have to Stop Scaring People Unnecessarily

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
People are being led to believe that they have a lot more risk of getting sick than they actually do. It hurts them and it hurts the economy.
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Apr 23 2020

Characteristics of Hospitalized Patients

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A study from a large hospital system in New York gives detailed information on the characteristics of hospitalized patients.
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Apr 22 2020

Some Quick Late Night Story Hits to Help You Sleep

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The coronavirus isn't that bad, but mass starvation is.
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Apr 22 2020

Drowning in Coronavirus Research, Part Cuatro

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
I try to keep up with the flood of coronavirus research.
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Apr 22 2020

The Issues With How Minnesota’s Model Works, Part 4

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Now an explanation of how the model handles mitigation of spread issues.
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Apr 22 2020

The Issues With How Minnesota’s Model Works, Part 3

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
In this post we see how people move from Infected to their final destination in the Minnesota epidemic model.
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Apr 22 2020

More Pablum from the Governor

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Sorry, more not so Minnesota nice words for our Governor.
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Apr 22 2020

Floating on Coronavirus Research

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A few quick coronavirus summaries.
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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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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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