Leerink analyst Ana Gupte last night upgraded hospitals HCA Holdings (HCA), LifePoint (LPNT) and Tenet healthcare (THC) to Outperform from Market Perform. She raised her price target for HCA to $100 from $90, for LifePoint to $74 from $73 and maintains a $27 price target for HCA. The targets offer upside of 21%, 20% and 62% respectively. Anthem's (ANTM) announced exit yesterday from the key swing state of Ohio's healthcare exchange could bring further attention to the need for stabilization funding through legislation, Gupte tells investors in a research note. She believes improving policy under the Trump Administration could drive upside to 2018 and 2019 consensus estimates. Further, the analyst thinks medium term downside risk from Republican's repeal and replace healthcare bill is likely better than feared as publicly traded hospitals are "heavily weighted to non-expansion states," which lessons the impact of Medicaid expansion funding cuts.