Tag: Robert King

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, on Monday demanded an investigation by a federal watchdog on Obamacare enrollees who received advanced tax credits but didn't file their taxes.Â (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Hatch demands probe of $2.4 billion in Obamacare credits

Robert King · July 21, 2015 4:01 am

As taxpayers fill out returns leading up to Tax Day on Wednesday, they are for the first time encountering questions about the Obamacare tax. (AP Photo)Â

Where did billions in Obamacare grants go?

Robert King · July 20, 2015 9:18 pm

There is little research on the causes of AlzheimerÃ¢â¬â¢s, according to a recent report from the Food and Drug Administration. (AP file)

Medicare spending on Alzheimer’s to explode as boomers age: Analysis

Robert King · July 20, 2015 2:36 pm

A bottle and pills of the diabetes drug, Avandia. (Photo by illustration Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Alzheimer’s and diabetes research way behind

Robert King · July 19, 2015 4:01 am

Demonstrators protest against cuts to Medicare, and Medicaid. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Poll shows Americans oppose cutbacks to Medicare and Medicaid

Robert King · July 17, 2015 2:27 pm

"Several applications were approved and then re-approved without submitting documentation to marketplace. How can this be?" asked Sen. John Thune, R-S.D. "These are really troubling results." (Getty Images file)

Republicans slam Obamacare handling of fake applications

Robert King · July 16, 2015 4:54 pm

Angie and Kami Roe of West Jordan hold hands after leaving the federal courthouse Wednesday, July 15, 2015, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Employee sues Walmart over same-sex benefits

Robert King · July 16, 2015 4:01 am

In 2014, the Government Accountability Office created 12 false identities and applied for Obamacare on healthcare.gov. Of those, 11 were approved for subsidies valuing about $30,000. (AP Photo)Â

Fake Obamacare applicants get subsidies

Robert King · July 15, 2015 7:42 pm

Most of the time doctors can't pinpoint the exact cause of the pneumonia, according to the CDC. (Getty Images)

Pneumonia is deadly, but its cause is often unknown

Robert King · July 15, 2015 4:02 pm

Obamacare enrollees get to choose from fewer doctors and hospitals than typical health insurance plans.Â (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Obamacare plans have 34 percent fewer doctors, hospitals

Robert King · July 15, 2015 2:48 pm

In this Aug. 6, 2014 photo, Dr. Jared Bernard, a lieutenant commander and trauma surgeon in the U.S. Navy, helps perform surgery on a gunshot victim alongside medical personnel at Cook County's Stroger Hospital in Chicago. A program launched in late spring has Navy doctors, nurses and medics training at the hospital because patients arriving there often have the same types of wounds that are common in combat. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Surgeon scorecards could inform patients

Robert King · July 15, 2015 4:01 am

Tom Coburn asked his former colleagues during a Senate panel hearing Tuesday to refine and perfect the 21st Century Cures Act, a bill the House approved last week. (AP Photo)Â

Coburn: Cures bill ‘needs to do more’

Robert King · July 14, 2015 5:36 pm