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Election-Year Jitters Put United and Other Health Plan Stocks on Sale

Posted on May 16, 2008

Owning healthcare stocks in an election year, especially one in whichuniversal healthcare has taken center stage on the Democratic agenda,is not surprisingly a wild ride. With less than six months to go untilour country chooses its next president, near-term headline risk forhealthcare stocks should stay elevated for a while. That said, somehealthcare names, most notably the health insurance providers, haveseen their share prices get beaten down to levels that can t help butget value investors attention.A perfect example is United Healthcare (UNH),one of the largest health insurance provid...

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