Tag: Robert King

Of the 27 million people without coverage, 15.5 million don't qualify for help from the federal government in getting coverage, either through enrolling in the Medicaid program or getting subsidies to buy marketplace plans. (AP Photo)

More Obamacare co-ops could close

Robert King · October 14, 2015 4:01 am

Kaiser estimates that the average Part D premium, Medicare's prescription drug plan, will increase from $36 to $41 per month next year.Â (AP file photo/Morry Gash)

Medicare drug plan premiums to shoot up next year

Robert King · October 13, 2015 3:49 pm

Instead of price shopping, consumers in the study stopped getting all sorts of medical procedures, even those that are useful. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Popular high-deductible plans could be hurting healthcare

Robert King · October 13, 2015 4:01 am

The Medicare open enrollment period starts Thursday and runs until Dec. 7.Â Â (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Seniors facing bigger pricetags as Medicare enrollment opens

Robert King · October 12, 2015 7:08 pm

A small provision in Medicare's policy will lead to 15 million Americans facing more than 50 percent increases in their monthly premiums next year.Â (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Medicare premiums to increase for 15 million

Robert King · October 11, 2015 4:01 am

Kentucky insurer shuts down

Robert King · October 9, 2015 11:05 pm

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie SandersÂ won't vote for Robert Califf as the new commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration.Â (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Sanders won’t back Obama’s pick for FDA chief

Robert King · October 9, 2015 6:05 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, accompanied by Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., said thatÂ Turing Pharmaceuticals' Martin Shkreli hasn't lowered the price of a drug that he jacked up 5,000 percent. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Lawmakers ‘sickened’ over drug CEO

Robert King · October 9, 2015 4:44 pm

This Wednesday, May 13, 2015, photo shows the North American headquarters of Bayer Healthcare in Whippany, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Lawmaker wants birth control device off the market

Robert King · October 9, 2015 4:32 pm

Whole FoodsÂ is recalling all of its cut, wrapped and weighed Papillion organic Roquefort cheese because it has the potential to be contaminated with a deadly bacteria called Listeria moncytogenes.Â (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Whole Foods recalls contaminated Roquefort cheese

Robert King · October 8, 2015 2:58 pm

Wall Street drubbed drug industry, but it won’t last

Robert King · October 8, 2015 4:01 am

The administration doesn't believe they are "the appropriate vehicle for this important policy conversation about sustainability," according to a blog post from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Administration relents, won’t push climate in diet guidelines

Robert King · October 7, 2015 5:35 pm