James Pethokoukis
Politics and policy from inside Washington
Did Obamacrat healthcare reform just flatline?
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Perhaps at least the public option. Francis Cianfrocca notes that the health insurance stocks are up strongly on a down market day:
So you’d guess they’re in big trouble, right? Think again. As I write around 1pm EDT on Tuesday the 16th, all four of those stocks are up sharply, anywhere from 3 to almost 7 percent. The other dominant companies in health insurance are the “Blues,” Blue Cross and Blue Shield. It’s harder to get financial information on them.
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