Robert King

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Sens. Orrin Hatch of Utah and Lamar Alexander of Tennessee wrote to the administration Monday on the consumer-operated and oriented plans created by Obamacare.Â (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Lawmakers want to know why O’care startups are failing

Robert King · November 2, 2015 7:26 pm

A consumer pays 23andMe $199 and the company sends a kit that has a vial and some solution in it. The person spits in the vial, shakes it up and sends it back to 23andMe, which tests the sample and sends back the results online. (istock photo)

Genetic testing, without leaving your home

Robert King · November 2, 2015 6:01 am

The massive appropriations bill that Congress is poised to pass seems to block Obamacare's bailout of health insurers. (AP Photo)

4 big challenges facing Obamacare

Robert King · November 1, 2015 6:01 am

Since 2014, the year that Obamacare's markets went online, the number of people dissatisfied grew. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)

Arizona Obamacare co-op bites the dust

Robert King · October 31, 2015 9:47 pm

"The company's financial condition is substantially worse than the company previously reported in its filings to the New York State Department of Financial Services," the department said Friday. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

New York’s Obamacare co-op in really bad shape

Robert King · October 30, 2015 8:31 pm

Dead serious: Your Halloween costume may kill you

Dead serious: Your Halloween costume may kill you

Robert King · October 30, 2015 6:38 pm

FDA files first-ever complaints against eight retailers across the country.Â (AP Photo/Adam Nadel)

Feds go after stores for providing tobacco products to minors

Robert King · October 29, 2015 4:37 pm

"I doubt that the rebates would have much of an effect on the behavior of drug companies," saidÂ Gerard Anderson, a professor at Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg School of Public Health.Â (Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA via AP Images)

Rebates unlikely to stop next drug price increase

Robert King · October 29, 2015 4:01 am

Walgreens confirmed Tuesday that it will buy rival Rite Aid, creating a drugstore giant with nearly 18,000 stores around the world. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Walgreens and Rite Aid deal could impact drug prices

Robert King · October 28, 2015 5:51 pm

A poll released Wednesday from the Kaiser Family Foundation found that 89 percent of those surveyed want the Food and Drug Administration to review drug ads before they air. (Screenshot)

Americans want more regulation of TV drug ads

Robert King · October 28, 2015 3:30 pm

Planning a "day of action" to encourage Congress to repeal Obamacare. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Utah 10th Obamacare startup to close

Robert King · October 27, 2015 11:41 pm

Budget deal targets high drug prices

Robert King · October 27, 2015 7:36 pm