http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100119/pl_nm/us_usa_politics_massachusetts
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Reflecting Wall Street's expectations for healthcare reform, investors drove health insurance and drug company shares higher, betting a Brown victory would at least slow Obama's healthcare plans.

Hospital companies, which may gain more insured customers under health reform, saw their shares slump.

"If Brown wins, it is our view that Obamacare will not pass Congress," Avik Roy, a healthcare analyst with Monnes Crespi Hardt, said in a research note.

The Morgan Stanley Healthcare Payor Index and the AMEX Pharmaceutical index outperformed the broader market, rising 2.3 percent and 2.0 percent, respectively.


According to MEM in the stimulus thread, the stock market is a good indicator on whether or not we need to do something. I guess this means that we better dump the current health care bills to keep the market happy and going up.

whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules.
It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness.
This is true both in politics and on the internet."

Our Friendly Neighborhood Ray-man said: "no, the doctor's right. besides, he has seniority."