Hospital Stocks Rally as Medicare Tempers Budget Cut Blow
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HCA Holdings Inc. led hospital stocks higher after the U.S. government proposed new Medicare payment rates that would soften the blow of federal budget cuts.
HCA, the largest for-profit hospital company in the U.S., gained 5.5 percent to $40.37 at the close in New York in its biggest increase since Nov. 7.