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Re:Pharma CEO Worries Americans Will Embrace Single-Payer Plan by davesque on Thursday September 14, 2017 @01:34PM (#15250353)
Umm, no I don't think so. I regularly check my IRA and 401k's portfolio and I can't recall ever seeing a lopsided investment in healthcare or pharma like you're saying. And index funds track indices. Is the S&P 500 really dominated to that extent by big pharma?
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Re:Pharma CEO Worries Americans Will Embrace Single-Payer Plan by whatok on Thursday September 14, 2017 @01:43PM (#15250473)
Second largest sector at 14.7%. Click sector breakdown in the top right.

http://us.spindices.com/indices/equity/sp-500

There are a lot of middle men that would get absolutely crushed or go out of business if single payer were passed. Others would have to slash margins in order to meet whatever cost cutting is needed.

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Re:Pharma CEO Worries Americans Will Embrace Single-Payer Plan by rkhleung on Thursday September 14, 2017 @02:08PM (#15250758)
Yes, but the other 85% of the sectors would likely benefit a reduction in costs (i.e. insurance premiums for their employees) that would positively affect their bottom line.
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