IVC is an excellent chart and a fine niche company. Here is the "new america" profile from the March 7, 2001 IBD

By Janet Purdy Levaux Investor's Business Daily
While Congress mulls what to do with prescription drug benefits, one sector of the health care business - medical equipment - might get a leg up from the government.
Patients tend to rent the equipment, including wheelchairs and respiratory devices, from dealers.. Dealers are then reimbursed by government programs and other payers. The government is set to raise reimbursement rates about 7% this summer for home medical equipment
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That might turn out to he good news for Invacare Corp., the world's top manufacturer of wheelchairs.