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  • health care bill run-down by TradeNvestor
    Below is a link to the Senate and House versions of the health care bills.  The House version has already been passed while the Senate version is being voted on today. Senate proposed health care bill - 2074 pages!?!?House proposed health care bill - 1990 pages...CBO score of... More »
    November 21, 2009 • UNH, AFL, CI
  • U.S. Healthcare Legislation Investment Impact by Richard Shaw
    Last night the U.S. House of Representatives brought us one large step closer to a national healthcare system. Investors should be cognizant of the financial effects that would follow. In the extreme short-run, it would be reasonable to assume that the U.S. stock market would react negatively,... More »
    November 8, 2009 • AMGN, BIIB, JNJ
  • Health Care ETFs See Hope by Don Dion
    Even before President Obama took the oath of office, health care providers were pummeled by reform speculation. As public support of health care measures has wavered, however, healthcare providers and the ETFs that track them may have a chance to…READ MORE To access my special Market... More »
    November 6, 2009 • IHF, UNH, AET
  • RxNews Recap for Tuesday 11-02-09 by M. E. Garza
    Below is a list of the healthcare sector companies that made news in the healthcare sector on Tuesday, November 3, 2009. This list feature is meant to help investors keep tabs on the sector without having to scour through all the press releases.EpiCept Corporation (Nasdaq:EPCT) announced a... More »
    November 4, 2009 • EPCT, GNVC, ENZN
  • Open Letter to the American CEO: Five Need-to-Know Facts About Health Care by Sydney Williams
    Dear CEO of Any Company:Want in on a little secret? Here's what health care's brightest business people think about reform: whatever lawmakers accomplish this fall, it won't alter how the system works or move the needle on costs. Now—more than ever—you need to understand health... More »
    October 30, 2009 • UNH, CVS, AET
  • Attractive trade for active stock pickers by Gold Digger
    Both S&P500 and DJI have declined almost 2% in the past two sessions. This has given rise to swings in both US dollar index and oil prices. However, tendency of market participants to extrapolate the movement in oil prices to other commodities and base metals in particular is giving rise to... More »
    October 26, 2009 • RTP, BHP, FCX
  • Unintended Consequences of Healthcare Reform by Gloria Vogel
    Now that healthcare reform has moved beyond the Senate Finance Committee, there is discussion of melding various House and Senate proposals into a single bill that could gain enough votes to pass. So let’s examine the possible unintended consequences of current proposals. 1.... More »
    October 25, 2009 • AET, CI, UNH
  • Murphy's Law of Economics and Health Care by John Lounsbury
    Alan Binder once proposed:  "Economists have the least influence on policy where they know the most and are most agreed."  This is part of what he called Murphy's Law of Economics.  An editorial in The Washington Post (here) discusses why this sacred cow of inefficiency... More »
    October 25, 2009 • UNH, AET, WLP
  • Buy HMO'S -- There's Going to be a Primary Care Doctor Shortage by Waseemy
    Buy HMO'S -- There's Going to be a Primary Care Doctor Shortage 15-Oct-2009 Price when published: $37.06 Post rating: - Problem The benefit of giving millions of Americans health insurance, while not increasing the doctor supply is a recipe for trouble. A policy backed by Senate Majority Leader... More »
    October 15, 2009 • HUM, AET, WLP
  • "Fat" Profits Nowhere to be Found at Aetna by Carneades
      One of the primary pillars which underpin arguments in favor of health insurance reform is the idea that health insurance companies earn "fat" profits, and it is these profits which stand in the way of an equitable health care system in this country. I feel that this concept has... More »
    September 26, 2009 • AET

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