Tag: Robert King

Enrollment in Obamacare exchanges and Medicaid expansion in various states are two factors that contributed to the increased spending. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Healthcare spending rises due to Obamacare, better economy

Robert King · July 28, 2015 8:20 pm

1.6 million minors each year use indoor tanning beds, a 'known contributor to skin cancer.' (AP Photo/Phil Coale)

Tanning troubles: Fewer people head indoors to seek rays

Robert King · July 28, 2015 4:01 am

In this Dec. 8, 2014, file photo, Sister Loraine Marie Maguire, of Little Sisters of the Poor, speaks to members of the media after attending a hearing in the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in Denver, Colo.

Christian schools ask Supreme Court to strike down Obamacare abortion mandate

Robert King · July 27, 2015 4:54 pm

Prescription for cheaper drugs contested

Robert King · July 26, 2015 4:01 am

On Friday, the FDA proposed putting added sugar on the nutritional label for packaged foods. (iStock)

FDA wants to add more sugar to nutrition labels

Robert King · July 24, 2015 7:07 pm

Anthem is buying rival Cigna, in a deal valued at $54.2 billion announced Friday, that will create the nation's largest health insurer by enrollment, covering about 53 million patients in the U.S. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Anthem to acquire Cigna for $54 billion

Robert King · July 24, 2015 2:10 pm

In this May 11, 2003, file photo, Microbiologist Ruth Bryan works with BG nerve agent simulant in Class III Glove Box in the Life Sciences Test Facility at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, File)

Pentagon: No root cause for anthrax shipments

Robert King · July 23, 2015 11:31 pm

"Nothing has to change for current beneficiaries. I'm against anything that's bad for my mother."Â (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

Medicare pays more for drugs than other programs

Robert King · July 23, 2015 3:04 pm

The fund Medicare uses to pay hospitals covers hospital insurance benefits, but does not affectÂ Medicare Part B, which covers payments to physicians, or Medicare Part C,Â which is commonly known as Medicare Advantage.Â (Photo by Mario Villafuerte/Getty Images)

Medicare’s funding well to dry up in 2030

Robert King · July 23, 2015 4:01 am

The Wednesday ruling by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals permanently strikes down North Dakota's ban.Â (AP Photo/Dave Kolpack)

Court strikes down North Dakota ban on early abortions

Robert King · July 22, 2015 7:54 pm

Angel Rivera (L) and his wife Wilma Rivera sit with, Amada cantera, an insurance agent with Sunshine Life and Health Advisors as they try to purchase health insurance under the Affordable Care Act at the kiosk setup at the Mall of Americas on December 22, 2013 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Fewer people expected to pay Obamacare penalties in 2016

Robert King · July 22, 2015 4:01 am

Mercy Cabrera, an insurance agent with Sunshine Life and Health Advisors, speaks on the phone as she helps a person with information about an insurance policy under the Affordable Care Act at the store setup in the Westland Mall on November 14, 2013 in Hialeah, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Taxpayers fork over $1.5 billion in Obamacare penalties

Robert King · July 21, 2015 6:46 pm