Tag: Robert King

Americans from across the political spectrum are worried about the cost of prescription drugs for serious diseases, following weeks of news coverage about companies hiking prices for critical medicines. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)

Dems furious at no action on high drug prices

Robert King · November 4, 2015 2:40 pm

Michigan's Consumers Mutual Insurance announced late Tuesday it would not offer plans in 2016, making it the 12th Obamacare consumer-operatedÂ and orientedÂ plan to close up. (Screenshot)

12th Obamacare insurance co-op closes down

Robert King · November 4, 2015 4:04 am

Consumers using healthcare.gov now can check to see if their doctor accepts their insurance plan. (AP Photo/Gosia Wozniacka)

Obamacare adds doctor lookup tool

Robert King · November 3, 2015 10:55 pm

The Affordable Care ActÂ created 23 co-ops to spur more competition on the marketplaces, but financial woes have prompted 11 of them to close down. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, file)

Administration pledges to recoup lost Obamacare insurer money

Robert King · November 3, 2015 10:41 pm

Montana's state legislature passed MedicaidÂ expansion earlier this year. (AP Photo/Alison Noon)

Montana officially expands Medicaid

Robert King · November 2, 2015 10:37 pm

Treating obesity and the health conditions that stem from it is expensive, as state Medicaid programs can attest. (iStock Photo)

Obesity costs Medicaid $8 billion a year

Robert King · November 2, 2015 9:00 pm

Sens. Orrin Hatch of Utah and Lamar Alexander of Tennessee wrote to the administration Monday on the consumer-operated and oriented plans created by Obamacare.Â (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Lawmakers want to know why O’care startups are failing

Robert King · November 2, 2015 7:26 pm

A consumer pays 23andMe $199 and the company sends a kit that has a vial and some solution in it. The person spits in the vial, shakes it up and sends it back to 23andMe, which tests the sample and sends back the results online. (istock photo)

Genetic testing, without leaving your home

Robert King · November 2, 2015 6:01 am

The massive appropriations bill that Congress is poised to pass seems to block Obamacare's bailout of health insurers. (AP Photo)

4 big challenges facing Obamacare

Robert King · November 1, 2015 6:01 am

Since 2014, the year that Obamacare's markets went online, the number of people dissatisfied grew. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)

Arizona Obamacare co-op bites the dust

Robert King · October 31, 2015 9:47 pm

"The company's financial condition is substantially worse than the company previously reported in its filings to the New York State Department of Financial Services," the department said Friday. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

New York’s Obamacare co-op in really bad shape

Robert King · October 30, 2015 8:31 pm

Dead serious: Your Halloween costume may kill you

Dead serious: Your Halloween costume may kill you

Robert King · October 30, 2015 6:38 pm