The following commentary comes from an independent investor or market observer as part of TheStreet’s guest contributor program, which is separate from the company’s news coverage. NEW YORK (ETF Expert) — The weight of the health care sector in a given ETF can vary dramatically. In the S&P 500 SPDR Trust , health care accounts for about 12%. In contrast, First Trust Dividend commits roughly 30 ………click here to continue reading
Set aside, for one moment, Highmark’s ongoing contract dispute with UPMC and assume the health insurer’s plan to acquire the West Penn Allegheny Health System gets all the regulatory approvals. What happens then?……click here to continue reading
WASHINGTON - To hear some Republican presidential candidates tell it, the president’s pen is a magic wand that can make “Obamacare” vanish in one day and sweep in cheaper health care, economic growth and lots of jobs in businesses freed from the health care law’s heavy hand…….click here to continue reading
There have been a number of Canadian reports recently which paint a gloomy picture of the future sustainability of the Canadian health care system. The reports all go something like this: health costs are inexorably rising and caring for a growing elderly population may eventually bankrupt our health care system…….click here to continue reading
As far as health-reform boosters go, Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber (D) is among the most stalwart. “We want to show that health reform is something real, that it actually works,” he said. “Oregon is a place that can actually make it happen.” His state has aggressively implemented the health overhaul Congress passed last year, taking more than $100 million in federal funding to do so. Read full ………click here to continue reading