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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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Apr 30 2020

Another Depressing Minnesota Coronavirus Briefing

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Yesterday's briefing revealed some interesting information.
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Apr 30 2020

More Minnesota Buffoonery

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Here is a great example of how careful and thoughtful our legislators are in dealing with issues around coronavirus.
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Apr 30 2020

More Miscellaneous News and Studies

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Another action-packed summary of the world in coronavirus research and news.
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Apr 30 2020

The Congressional Budget Office’s Economic Projections

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
If you think the economy is going to experience a sharp bounce-back to where it was, the Congressional Budget Office begs to disagree.
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Apr 30 2020

Government Is the Solution?

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
We don't need a massive expansion of government activity in response to the epidemic, unless we want the consequences to be as painful as possible.
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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

IKS Health, a British company with a US subsidiary that offers “care enablement” and mentions AI, of course,  is buying TruBridge for $557 million.  TruBridge offers revenue cycle management and...
April 30, 2026
Innovacer, which basically collects data on a patient from multiple sources and aggregates it, raised an astounding $275 million in new capital, supposedly at a valuation of almost $3.5 billion....
April 22, 2026
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

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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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