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May 02 2020

What to Look for in the Next Run of the Minnesota Model

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The estimates from the next Minnesota model run will tell us if the modelers are being pressured to make deaths look high.
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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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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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