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August 30, 1995
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Division of Investment Management
Re: Merrill Lynch Healthcare Fund, Inc.
Post-Effective Amendment No. 17 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A
(Securities Act File No. 2-80150;
Investment Company Act File No. 811-3595)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "1933 Act"), Merrill Lynch Healthcare Fund, Inc. (the "Company") hereby
certifies that:
(1) the form of prospectus and statement of additional
information that would have been filed pursuant to Rule
497(e) under the 1933 Act would not have differed from that
contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 17 to the Company's
Registration Statement on Form N-1A, constituting the most
recent amendment to the Company's Registration Statement on
Form N-1A; and
(2) the text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 17 to the Company's
Registration Statement on Form N-1A was filed electronically
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 24,
1995.
Very truly yours,
MERRILL LYNCH HEALTHCARE FUND,INC.
By: /s/ Robert Harris
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Robert Harris
Secretary
