The healthcare sector is a natural hunting ground for income investors, since consumers demand access to high-quality healthcare products in good times and bad. That fact helps keep many healthcare companies’ profits and dividend payments flowing even during periods of economic stress.
So which high-yield healthcare stocks do we think are a smart bet right now? We asked that question to a team of Foolish healthcare investors, and they picked GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK), Pfizer (NYSE: PFE), and CVS Health (NYSE: CVS).