Tag: Robert King

If a shutdown happens, officials with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are completely unsure of how it will affect efforts to coordinate payments.Â (AP Photo/P. Solomon Banda)

Possible shutdown complicates Medicare overhaul

Robert King · September 24, 2015 7:40 pm

Women 35 to 44 years old were the highest users of alcohol at about 18 percent, with college graduates second at 13 percent and unmarried women at nearly 13 percent.Â (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

1 in 10 pregnant women drink alcohol

Robert King · September 24, 2015 5:00 pm

With competition killed, drug prices are soaring

With competition killed, drug prices are soaring

Robert King · September 24, 2015 4:01 am

The price hike gained attention just as Americans have said in recent polls they were concerned about high drug prices. (AP file)

CEO relents on pricey pill

Robert King · September 23, 2015 2:33 pm

A new survey shows that while more people are getting coverage, many workers who get insurance from their employers are paying a lot more for healthcare.Â (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Companies shift health costs to workers, study says

Robert King · September 23, 2015 4:01 am

Rep. Elijah Cummings wrote on Tuesday to the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee about the drug Daparim. (AP Photo)

Dem slams ‘overnight’ drug price hike

Robert King · September 22, 2015 7:29 pm

US Secretary of Health and Human Services, Sylvia Mathews Burwell gestures during the closing session at the National Governors Association Summer meeting at the Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., Saturday, July 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

More than 17 million have insurance under Obamacare

Robert King · September 22, 2015 5:14 pm

One-third of the insurers created in 2014 have announced they will close. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Premiums for worker health plans rise 4 percent in 2015

Robert King · September 22, 2015 5:06 pm

"People should be elected to office based on their ideas, not their religion or the color of their skin," Sanders tweeted. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Sanders ‘very disappointed’ with Carson Muslim comments

Robert King · September 20, 2015 9:04 pm

Fiorina is set to face more scrutiny befitting her status in the top tier of the GOP primary race. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner file)

Fiorina faces grilling on Iran printer sales, layoffs

Robert King · September 20, 2015 8:40 pm

Leader of left-wing Syriza party and former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras casts his vote at a polling station in Athens, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Greek premier poised to return to power

Robert King · September 20, 2015 7:09 pm

Dallas County District Attorney Michael Jackson told the Associated Press that the shooting was linked to a domestic issue with the woman and race wasn't a factor. (AP file)

3 injured in Alabama church shooting

Robert King · September 20, 2015 6:55 pm