It's been a harrowing year for hospitals around the world. While some have dealt with an onslaught of COVID-19 patients, other facilities prepared for an influx only to see visits dry up altogether.
While the latter might sound like good news, there's a flip side: Regular visits and elective operations were canceled. This trend put a serious dent in hospital revenue, which pays for things like doctors' and nurses' salaries.
It also had a profound effect on the company I'm talking about here: Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ: ISRG), maker of the da Vinci surgical system. If the nationwide surge in COVID-19 cases continues, the stock could fall. But if it does, count me among those willing to snatch up shares of this healthcare stock at a discount.