5 Health Care Stocks to Buy Now

This week’s political headlines were dominated by the vote in the Senate Finance Committee on the so-called Baucus Bill.  The Bill made it out of the Committee by a vote of 14 to 9, and now it’s headed to the full Senate for debate.  Even as I write this, White House officials and Senate Democrats are meeting in private to iron out differences on the health care overhaul that will likely affect every American.

To be sure, this legislation is likely to cause some pretty radical changes to our nation’s health care system, and the prospect of this radical change justifiably has many investors worried about the fate of health care stocks.

But to health care investors I say, fear not.  Whatever the government does, we are all going to need products made by health care companies.  And while I am a big opponent of any government involvement in the free market, I don’t think any of the proposed alterations to our health care system can stop the profit potential of the following five health care companies.

Next – Health Care Stock #1 – Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)