Healthcare holds on tight.

The article presents the outlook of health care finance experts on the impact of the financial crisis on healthcare companies in the U.S. Chris Payne of Ponder & Co. thinks that the turmoil in the financial markets is a temporary phenomenon. News of Lehman's bankruptcy filing, though it disrupted markets, did not disrupt hospitals and health systems that relied on Lehman Bros. to underwrite long-term bonds, according to Robert Lenna, executive director of the Maine Health & Higher Educational Facilities Authority.