New York The stock market is having a banner year, despite the trade war with China and worries about a looming economic slowdown. But health care stocks aren't taking part in the rally.
Three of the worst stocks in the Dow this year are drug store giant Walgreens , Big Pharma king Pfizer and top insurer UnitedHealth . Continued worries about the possible unwinding of the Affordable Care Act — aka Obamacare — and renewed calls from the Trump administration and leading Democrats to push prescription drug prices lower are clouding the earnings outlook for many health care companies.