Why Health Reform Won't Distort the Insurance Business Model

Sydney Williams submits:

When it comes to health care reform, it seems the more likely that government will pass legislation, the more sanguine Wall Street gets that nothing will occur. Government-run health care? Won't happen. An evisceration of the private insurance business model? No way.

Consider this. From its March 9th low to August 14th, the S&P 500 surged 48%. Over the same period, four of the five largest commercial health plans (by lives and market capitalization) outperformed the major index.

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