Tag: Robert King

Sen. John Cornyn, the second-ranking Senate Republican, and Rep. Fred Upton think the Children's Health Insurance Program will be included in next week's spending bill. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Lawmakers confident CHIP will be in spending bill

Robert King · January 10, 2018 10:08 pm

Insurance giant Humana told the Washington Examiner that it has not actively participated in America's Health Insurance Plans since early 2017. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke, File)

Humana becomes third large health insurer to leave top lobbying group

Robert King · January 10, 2018 5:05 pm

Sen. Joe Manchin's office confirmed Wednesday that the West Virginia senator would support the nomination of Alex Azar, an HHS veteran under the George W. Bush administration and a former pharmaceutical executive. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Sen. Joe Manchin to support HHS pick Alex Azar

Robert King · January 10, 2018 3:37 pm

Republicans, who failed again in the Senate to replace Obamacare last week, said Democrats won't admit that the law is failing while Democrats say Republicans want to take away healthcare from millions of people. But beyond Obamacare as a whole, the two parties do agree on many healthcare issues and have forged bipartisan consensus. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Next spending bill unlikely to include Obamacare measures

Robert King · January 9, 2018 10:07 pm

The bill led by Sens. Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., fell short in late September 2017 due to insufficient support from GOP senators. The bill would eliminate the law's Medicaid expansion and give all Obamacare funding to states via block grants, and also cuts traditional Medicaid via per capita caps that put a cap on funding per beneficiary. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump’s HHS pick praises Obamacare repeal bill

Robert King · January 9, 2018 5:33 pm

"Every incentive in this system is towards higher prices," Alex Azar said. "No one company is going to fix that system. That is why I want to be here working with you." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump’s HHS pick: I don’t know if any brand-name drug price has ever been lowered

Robert King · January 9, 2018 4:39 pm

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, urges long-term Children's Health Insurance Program funding be extended in next spending bill. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Orrin Hatch urges long-term children’s insurance funding in next spending bill

Robert King · January 9, 2018 3:55 pm

So far legislation to tackle high drug prices has not been high on the GOP's legislative agenda for 2018, as other issues such as immigration, infrastructure and welfare reform crowd out time in an election year.

Maryland to fight pharmacist ‘gag rule’ on drug costs

Robert King · January 9, 2018 5:01 am

Alex Azar, President Trump's pick to become Health and Human Services secretary, is "ready to lead the Republican war on healthcare into its second year, sabotaging and repealing the ACA and Medicaid, raising premiums and gutting protections," according to a digital ad released Monday. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obamacare group presses Senate to oppose Trump’s HHS pick

Robert King · January 8, 2018 3:20 pm

The 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said the city's ordinance that requires pregnancy care centers run by anti-abortion groups to post signs about abortions in their waiting rooms violates the First Amendment. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Appeals court strikes down Baltimore law targeting disclaimers at pregnancy centers

Robert King · January 5, 2018 9:30 pm

Plan to expand access to association health plans would mean higher premiums on the Obamacare exchanges. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Maryland’s Obamacare enrollment falls

Robert King · January 4, 2018 10:56 pm

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., said that one of the best actions by Congress last year was repealing the law's individual mandate that requires everyone to get health insurance or pay a fine, which was included in the tax reform legislation. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Steve Scalise wants to try again to repeal Obamacare

Robert King · January 2, 2018 5:40 pm