Healthcare—along with consumer staples (“buying stuff”) and utilities (“keeping the lights on”)—provide portfolio stability. Plus, they usually pay dividends, too! Of the three safety sectors, healthcare is a steady growth market , too. Consider these stats from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services : National health spending is projected to grow at an average annual rate of 5.4% for 2019-28 and to reach $6.2 trillion by 2028. National health expenditures are projected to grow 1.1 percentage points faster than gross domestic product per year during that same time period. Between 2019 and 2028, healthcare’s share of the economy will rise from 17.7% to 19.7%. … Read more