Tag: Robert King

If a hospital readmits too many patients 30 days after they are discharged after being treated for a certain condition, that hospital gets penalized. (AP Photo)Â

Study: Obamacare hurting vulnerable hospitals

Robert King · September 15, 2015 4:01 am

The Food and Drug Administration issued a final rule that allows the agency to destroy a drug valued at $2,500 or less that was refused admission into the United States. (AP Photo)

FDA gets new authority to stop fake drugs

Robert King · September 14, 2015 3:39 pm

Federal Judge Francis Collyer ruled Wednesday that John Boehner could sue President Obama over the funding of cost-sharing reductions, but not the mandate delay. (AP Photo)Â

What’s at stake in Boehner’s Obamacare lawsuit

Robert King · September 12, 2015 4:01 am

FDA’s advice on calorie count rule

Robert King · September 11, 2015 7:17 pm

Planned Parenthood sues Arkansas

Robert King · September 11, 2015 5:42 pm

House tries to cut down on Medicaid fraud

Robert King · September 11, 2015 4:12 pm

Partygoers dance and smoke marijuana on the first of two days at the annual 4/20 marijuana festival in Denver.

More Americans using illegal drugs

Robert King · September 10, 2015 4:38 pm

OxyContin pills are arranged for a photo at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt. on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

FDA looks at two painkillers that hinder abuse

Robert King · September 10, 2015 4:01 am

The talks between Obama and Boehner about a so-called "grand bargain," which would have included entitlement cuts, now seem like a distant memory. (AP)

Judge says Boehner can sue president over Obamacare

Robert King · September 9, 2015 8:32 pm

The legislation has a Democratic co-sponsor in Rep. Tony Cardenas, D-Calif. (AP Photo)Â

Lawmakers race against time for Obamacare fix

Robert King · September 9, 2015 4:26 pm

Martha Baker, a Registered Nurse, (R) delivers 13,000 petition signatures demanding healthcare expansion to the office of Florida State Rep. Jose Oliva, whose Hialeah district includes the highest number of Obamacare sign ups in the nation, as the Florida legislative body debates accepting Affordable Care Act funding on May 28, 2015 in Hialeah, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Study: Obamacare could improve health but overburden system

Robert King · September 9, 2015 4:01 am

Health advocates are clamoring for e-cigarette rules, but the industry believes the government lacks the authority. (AP file)

Health groups fume over delayed e-cigarette rules

Robert King · September 6, 2015 4:01 am