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...Instead, at Maccabi Healthcare Services, for instance, one of the country’s largest HMOs, the approach was modelled on the annual nationwide flu vaccinations....
...If customers will accept less choice, costs come down (as they did in the HMO era). Low commercial growth is nothing new and has not prevented the insurers from thriving thus far....
...Jeff Kleintop, chief market strategist at LPL Financial, said: “Within the healthcare sector, the impact is mixed: the HMO [healthcare insurance] industry is negatively impacted; while the hospital companies...
...In terms of equities, analysts at Merrill Lynch believe Democratic success could be negative for “big oil, big pharma, traditional defence, electric utilities, coal, HMOs, student loan providers, retailers...
...Mr Seligman said the largest HMOs have grown almost as big as they can....
...HMOs have the least exposure relative to other insurance businesses. We believe this morning's sell-off is overdone.?...
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