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The Senate advanced the nomination of Steve Mnuchin to lead the Treasury Department. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mnuchin advances in Senate

Robert King · February 10, 2017 7:31 am

The Senate early Friday morning narrowly confirmed Rep. Tom Price to serve as the next secretary of Health and Human Services. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate confirms Price as HHS secretary

Robert King · February 10, 2017 7:15 am

Insurer to get $214 million from feds for Obamacare

Robert King · February 9, 2017 9:14 pm

Insurer says U.S. consumers will be hurt by court's decision to block deal with Cigna. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

Anthem to appeal merger block

Robert King · February 9, 2017 5:11 pm

Administration criticized about why replacement hasn't happened as soon as supporters hoped it would. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

White House eases timeline for Obamacare repeal

Robert King · February 8, 2017 10:21 pm

Democrats ask drug maker why it raised the price of an auto-injector of naloxone from $690 in 2014 to $4,500. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Senators fume over price hike of overdose antidote

Robert King · February 8, 2017 6:47 pm

Overall, Humana reported losing $486 million in the fourth quarter of 2016. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)

Humana announces 69 percent drop in Obamacare customers

Robert King · February 8, 2017 4:10 pm

Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz is a quintessential odd couple on healthcare, but the two senators did agree on one issue: drug re-importation. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Cruz, Sanders find common ground on drug prices

Robert King · February 8, 2017 3:57 am

Ted Cruz shied away from taking away Obamacare's mandate for insurers to cover all of birth control. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Cruz objects to ‘these mandates’ for birth control, Obamacare

Robert King · February 8, 2017 3:48 am

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., provided the Democratic Party with an "autopsy" Monday night. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Sanders: Healthcare access ‘doesn’t mean a damn thing’

Robert King · February 8, 2017 3:09 am

It isn't as cool or as famous as the Coke vs. Pepsi battle, but the battle lines have been drawn in the healthcare debate. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Cruz, Sanders trade jabs over healthcare rationing

Robert King · February 8, 2017 2:55 am

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., opened a debate over healthcare by asking his opponent Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, to work with him to transform Medicare into a single-payer system. (Screen shot)

Sanders to Cruz: Let’s work together to do single-payer

Robert King · February 8, 2017 2:44 am