Healthcare probably going to take a hit this week
Congress's coronavirus stimulus deal reached Friday night included a provision requiring health insurers to bear the full cost of coronavirus test kits and to waive copays. The federal government will pay the cost for the uninsured. This will probably hurt health insurers Monday, though it might be good for service providers.
Here's another piece of bad news: xenophobia related to the virus has angered the Chinese government, and China’s official newspaper Xinhua published a threat to cut off supply chains for the US pharmaceutical industry. If China followed through on this threat, there could be big US drug shortages, which would be bad for pharmaceutical and healthcare companies.
The whole economy will be down this week due to expanding quarantines, new travel bans, and the failure of Trump's payroll tax cut proposal, but the healthcare sector may take extra damage Monday as it bears the brunt of the cost of coronavirus testing.
Here's another piece of bad news: xenophobia related to the virus has angered the Chinese government, and China’s official newspaper Xinhua published a threat to cut off supply chains for the US pharmaceutical industry. If China followed through on this threat, there could be big US drug shortages, which would be bad for pharmaceutical and healthcare companies.
The whole economy will be down this week due to expanding quarantines, new travel bans, and the failure of Trump's payroll tax cut proposal, but the healthcare sector may take extra damage Monday as it bears the brunt of the cost of coronavirus testing.