Tag: Robert King

In this Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011 file photograph, physician assistant Jon Bigler looks at a patient's leg at Ashland Health Center in Ashland, Kan. (AP Photo)Â

Top docs approve of Obamacare

Robert King · August 3, 2015 6:21 pm

An individual finishes the process of picking and signing up for health insurance through the Affordable Care act. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Obamacare customers mostly unsatisfied with plans

Robert King · August 3, 2015 1:14 pm

Kraft Heinz is voluntarily recalling 36,000 cases of Kraft individually wrapped cheese singles. (AP Photo)

Kraft recalls cheese slices due to choking hazard

Robert King · August 3, 2015 1:04 pm

The Supreme Court on Monday said it would not take up an anti-abortion group's request to get key documents from the federal government on Planned Parenthood.Â (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

New target for undercover abortion videos?

Robert King · July 31, 2015 10:37 pm

Net sales of medical devices increased from about $95 billion in 2005 to $136 billion in 2014, a 43 percent increase over the period, according to a GAO report. (AP Photo)Â

Sales of medical devices soar since Obamacare’s passage

Robert King · July 31, 2015 3:19 pm

China's Margaret Chan, director general of WHO, left, and David Nabarro, UN Special Envoy on Ebola, present an update on work being undertaken to strengthen WHO's health emergency preparedness and response capacities. (Sandro Campardo/Keystone via AP)

Scientists reach Ebola breakthrough

Robert King · July 31, 2015 1:45 pm

University of Miami pediatrician Judith L. Schaechter, M.D. (L) gives an HPV vaccination to a 13-year-old girl in her office at the Miller School of Medicine on September 21, 2011 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

CDC says teens still not getting HPV vaccine

Robert King · July 30, 2015 5:26 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at the 2015 International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Workers (SMART) Conference, Tuesday, July 28, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Sanders plans legislation to expand Medicare

Robert King · July 30, 2015 3:15 pm

Rep. Jan Schakowsky (in blue) and other lawmakers celebrate the 50th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid with a special cake on Capitol Hill. (Photo by Astrid Riecken/Getty Images)

Politicians celebrate Medicare anniversary with partisan rancor

Robert King · July 30, 2015 4:01 am

The reason premiums will be the same is that enrollee spending is low, growing 1.3 percent over the last five years, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said. (AP Photo)Â

Medicare drug premiums expected to remain flat

Robert King · July 29, 2015 9:18 pm

Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell gestures during a meeting in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Burwell pushes Medicaid expansion for holdouts

Robert King · July 29, 2015 3:29 pm

The study offered a detailed look at the impact of baby boomers on Medicaid -- which offers nursing home and home care coverage for seniors. (Getty File Photo)

Gov’t to pick up baby boomers’ healthcare tab

Robert King · July 29, 2015 4:01 am