Hospital stocks surge at pro-Obamacare ruling

Hospital stock prices surged on news that the Supreme Court would uphold Obamacare's insurance subsidies:

Hospital stocks are surging - up about 10% today - after the #KingvBurwell ruling: pic.twitter.com/GqclvXfX2I

— Josh Zeitlin (@josh_zeitlin) June 25, 2015

Hospitals arguably had more at stake in the King v. Burwell ruling than other parts of the health-care system. When more people have health insurance, that means fewer unpaid hospital bills — and more revenue coming in for health-care providers.

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