Most of the global market’s sectors have been suffering from the economic slowdown while the health care sector has emerged as a safe environment. Year to date the SPDR S&P 500 ETF increases more than 6%. Meanwhile, the Health Care SPDR exchange-traded fund has been somewhat flat. However, according to analysts, the sector will perform in greatly various ways as businesses have the greatest potential due to innovative devices and new drugs while others’ earnings will take a hit. The following are top health care stocks to buy.

Novo Nordisk (OMX: NOVO B, NYSE: NVO) has become one of the world’s leading companies in diabetes cares. It accounts for 71% of total sales of insulin in China which is one of Asian countries with incidence of diabetes on the rise. Fortune has named Novo Nordisk in the list of 100 Best companies to work for 2010.

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Every pet owner knows there may come a time when you will need to get emergency care for your pet. Just like accidents happen to people and they need to go to the emergency room at their local hospital, pets might end up needing to visit one as well.

Emergency Vet Hospitals are hard to come by sometimes as it takes quite a bit of money to keep them running. Unlike regular hospitals that people go to, a vet hospital doesn’t get any state or federal funding to keep its doors open. Because of this, not every city will have one that can accommodate all the pets.

As you might not be able to get your pet to a vet hospital, there are other options that you can try. Most vets will be more than capable of handling any type of surgery that they might need to do, but there could be times when you find your local vet is closed for the day.

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The latest rollout of the federal health care overhaul offers consumers a rebate if their insurers spend too little on actual medical care and too much on administrative costs. Easy To Insure ME has the answers

But Floridians may miss out on the rebates that will start in 2012.

Pressed by the insurance industry, state regulators will soon ask the federal government for a waiver from the requirements, which begin Jan. 1.

The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation confirmed Tuesday it will request a reprieve until 2014, when the health care law’s coverage guarantees kick in.

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