
Healthy Skeptic
By Kevin Roche

Healthy SkepticNov 23, 2020

Adaptive Immunity to CV-19
a very brief and basic introduction to adaptive immunity and CV-19

some coronavirus numbers
call your legislators and tell them to end this insanity

coronavirus status
General information available at www.healthy-skeptic.com

Coronavirus basics
The website has a ton of information and a google search will get you a lot more. www.healthy-skeptic.com

coronavirus
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/03/24/drug-rebates/

national health expenditures
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/03/24/drug-rebates/

drug prices
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/03/24/drug-rebates/

mental illness and Medicare spending
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/03/23/mental-health-and-total-spending-in-medicare-patients/

more coronavirus talk
written post on the site.

financial incentives
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/03/20/financial-incentives-and-consumer-behavior/

MedPac Part Tres
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/03/19/the-rest-of-the-medpac-report-to-congress/

medPac
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/03/18/more-from-medpacs-annual-report-to-congress-2/

MedPAC report
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/03/17/medpac-report-to-congress-3/

cost of drug development
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/03/16/cost-of-developing-a-new-drug/

life-sustaining care
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/03/13/life-sustaining-orders-and-end-of-life-care/

virus common sense
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/03/09/some-common-sense-on-the-virus/

drug pricing
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/03/12/drug-price-trends/

national helath spending
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/03/11/34996/

spending by condition
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/03/10/spending-by-condition/

drug company profitability
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/03/06/profitability-of-drug-companies/

helping doctors with medication adherence
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/03/05/aiding-physicians-in-improving-medication-adherence/

school choice
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/03/04/school-choice-programs-effect-on-public-schools/

bipartisan reform
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/02/18/a-bipartisan-proposal-for-health-reform/

employer plan spending through 2018
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/02/17/hcci-2018-report-on-health-spending-for-employer-health-plans/

physician management styles
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/02/14/physician-management-styles-and-patient-outcomes/

health economists change the health system
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/02/19/economists-fix-the-health-system/

dug company payments to doctors
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/03/03/drug-company-payments-to-manufacturers/

hospitals and charity care
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/02/20/profitable-non-profit-hospitals-and-charity-care/

mobile portal for diabetes
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/02/21/a-mobile-health-portal-and-diabetes-care/

2019 drug trend report
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/02/24/the-2019-express-scripts-drug-trend-report/

patient assessment of physicians
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/02/25/patient-assessment-of-physician-is-unrelated-to-race-or-gender/

physician practice acquistions
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/02/26/who-is-buying-physician-practices/

specialty consultations
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/02/27/specialist-referrals-during-a-hospitalization/

high deductible plan enrollee utilization
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/03/02/utilization-by-high-deductible-plan-enrollees/

concentration in health spending
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/02/28/concentration-in-health-spending-in-2017/

digital health
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/02/13/ama-report-on-use-of-digital-health/

price variation
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/02/12/understanding-the-effect-of-price-variation/

reference based pricing for drugs
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/02/11/adjustment-to-drug-reference-pricing/

medical homes
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/02/10/patient-centered-medical-homes/

ACO primary care
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/02/07/out-of-network-primary-care-in-acos/

who pays for and gets health services
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/02/06/who-gets-and-who-pays-for-health-care/

malpractice and quality
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/02/05/more-malpractice-exposure-does-not-equal-better-care/

benefit design and utilization
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/02/04/how-consumers-health-utilization-varies-depending-on-benefit-design/

detailing of physicians
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/02/03/drug-company-detailing-of-physicians/

electronic transactions
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/01/31/caqh-report-on-electronic-transactions-in-health-care/

predicting hospitalizations
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/01/30/ehr-data-to-predict-hospitalization-risk/

physician selection of patients
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/01/29/physician-preferences-for-certain-patients/

out of network billing
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/01/28/out-of-network-billing/

beneficiary savings in MA
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/01/27/medicare-advantage-savings-for-beneficiaries/

cancer treatment in hospital outpatient depts
written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/01/24/oncology-drug-costs-and-site-of-service/