- On December 31, 2007 during President Bush's second term
- On March 6, 2009, very early in President Obama's first term, which was their lowest point due to the spillover effects resulting from the 2008 financial meltdown, and
- also on the most recent date February 6, 2014.
The historical common stock prices of these companies were obtained from the following two excellent internet resources.... Google Finance and MarketWatch Big Charts.
These 11 US Health Insurance Corps had their average stock prices drop by a massive 65% from December 31, 2007 during President Bush's second Presidential term, to March 6, 2009, very early in President Obama's first term, which was the very lowest point for the overall stock market due to the spillover effects resulting from the disastrous 2008 Financial Meltdown.
But in the slightly less than five years since March 6, 2009, the average stock prices of these same 11 US Health Insurance Corps have increased by a very robust 298% through February 6, 2014.
Clearly, the investors in and employees of nearly all of these 11 US Health Insurance Corps must be pleased with the impact of actions taken by both the Obama Administration and the US Fed to successfully rescue the US economy from its extremely weakened state.
Also, these US Health Insurance Corps have thrived under the Affordable Care Act.
Below here are the stock market prices of each of these 11 US Health Insurance Corps on February 6, 2014, on March 6, 2009, and on December 31, 2007:
Market | Market | ||||||
Price | Price | ||||||
% | % | ||||||
Change | Change | ||||||
Market | Market | Market | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | |||
Price | Price | Price | to | to | |||
Health Insurance Company | HQs | 2-6-14 | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | 2-6-14 | 3-6-09 | |
WellCare Health Plans | Tampa | FL | 62.76 | 6.64 | 42.41 | 845% | -84% |
Cigna | Bloomfield | CT | 85.37 | 13.44 | 53.73 | 535% | -75% |
Humana | Louisville | KY | 96.66 | 19.54 | 75.31 | 395% | -74% |
Centene | St Louis | MO | 61.54 | 15.50 | 27.44 | 297% | -44% |
UnitedHealth Group | Minnetonka | MN | 70.87 | 17.90 | 58.20 | 296% | -69% |
Aetna | Hartford | CT | 67.92 | 20.22 | 57.73 | 236% | -65% |
Molina Healthcare | Long Beach | CA | 36.16 | 11.43 | 25.80 | 216% | -56% |
Health Net | Woodland Hills | CA | 32.09 | 10.93 | 48.30 | 194% | -77% |
WellPoint | Indianapolis | IN | 86.58 | 31.41 | 87.73 | 176% | -64% |
Magellan Health Services | Avon | CT | 59.49 | 32.84 | 46.63 | 81% | -30% |
Universal American | White Plains | NY | 6.80 | 6.14 | 25.59 | 11% | -76% |
Average % Change all 11 | 298% | -65% |