Robert King

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AARP said in comments on the proposed rule that were due Monday that seniors need relief from high drug prices. (FILE Bloomberg/Tannen Maury)

Drug industry, AARP fight over Medicare changes

Robert King · May 10, 2016 4:01 am

The monthly number of exposures associated with e-cigarettes increased by nearly 1,500 percent from January 2012-April 2015. (AP Photo)

Study: More young kids getting sick from e-cigarettes

Robert King · May 9, 2016 8:29 pm

Senate Dems: GOP violating pledge to ‘not be scary’

Senate Dems: GOP violating pledge to ‘not be scary’

Robert King · May 9, 2016 7:37 pm

To fund universal healthcare, Sanders is proposing a 6.2 percent payroll tax and 2.2 percent income surtax on taxable income. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Study: Sanders’ health plan would require $16.6T more in taxes

Robert King · May 9, 2016 5:01 pm

Senate Democrats pushed to add $700 million in new funding for recovery treatment to its Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

In the next big opioid fight, funding will take center stage

Robert King · May 9, 2016 4:01 am

Of the five biggest insurers in the U.S., two announced they would exit part of the Obamacare marketplaces. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

Earnings reports show trouble ahead for Obamacare

Robert King · May 8, 2016 4:01 am

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services made it harder for an Obamacare customer to apply for certain special enrollment periods and changed rules overseeing taxpayer-funded consumer operated and oriented plans. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Feds tighten Obamacare year-round enrollments

Robert King · May 6, 2016 9:22 pm

While mosquitoes haven't been spreading the virus yet, public health agencies believe that could change. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Poll: Americans need to know more about Zika

Robert King · May 6, 2016 5:53 pm

Another three-quarters of Americans believed that products in supermarkets contained more or the same amount of salt as five years ago, according to the poll of healthy habits of adults in 2014. (AP Photo)

Poll: Americans eat too much salt

Robert King · May 6, 2016 2:52 pm

Cigna did not divulge how many customers it expected to lose, although it also noted that it would lose Medicare Part D customers as well. (AP Photo)

Another big insurer expects Obamacare losses

Robert King · May 6, 2016 2:06 pm

The Food and Drug Administration issued a final rule on Thursday outlining how it will regulate e-cigarettes and other products such as cigars and hookahs. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

Vaping industry pushes Congress to fight e-cig rule

Robert King · May 5, 2016 4:29 pm

If the full House votes to hold StemExpress and its CEO, Cate Dyer, in contempt, it would be the first time since 2014, when the chamber held IRS official Lois Lerner in contempt of Congress. (AP Photo)

House panel subpoenas bank records of fetal tissue researcher

Robert King · May 5, 2016 3:39 pm