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May 11 2020

Helping Journalists With Questions for the Governor

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Some questions the Governor or any Governor should be asked.
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May 11 2020

Monday Research Highlights

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Some more papers, mostly relating to whether assumptions of little variation in susceptibility and infectivity are accurate.
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May 11 2020

More Data Showing the Bifurcated Impact of the Epidemic

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Hospitalization rates are another method of visualizing the extreme bifurcation of the epidemic.
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May 10 2020

Sunday Evening Bringing You Down

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Sleeping well? I have the antidote.
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May 10 2020

The 90/10 Rule

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
This epidemic seriously impacts a very small number of people.
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May 10 2020

How Do You Think This Ends?

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Most people seem to be in denial about how our current strategy in regard to the epidemic ends, or rather, doesn't end.
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May 10 2020

The Real Black Swan Event

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
What is exceptional about this epidemic, is our response to it.
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May 10 2020

You Can’t Pay Any Attention to Infection or Case Fatality Rates

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
If you don't know the true number of cases or infections you don't know anything about the case fatality rate.
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May 10 2020

Another Saturday Nite and I Ain’t Got…..Nothing But Coronavirus

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Can't do much on a Saturday nite, but write some more about coronavirus.
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May 09 2020

A Few More Observations From Yesterday’s Coronavirus Briefing

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The Governor was up to his usual tricks in Friday's daily briefing.
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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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Research

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

Health care is a big part of the economy so investment dollars tend to flow there, not always wisely.  There is alot of gibberish in this press release from Pearl...
July 9, 2026
InStride Health hit the ground running, well maybe walking, as it raised $30 million in additional capital for its pediatric mental health business.  Children’s mental health would be just fine...
June 17, 2026
GoHealth is another of those excessively valued health startups that was always destined to flounder and not it has filed bankruptcy and the company will be turned over to lenders....
June 8, 2026
Garner Health isn’t gathering any accolades from me, as it raises a new round of $100 million in capital at about a $2.5 billion valuation.   The company supposedly steers...
June 2, 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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