Robert King

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House tries to cut down on Medicaid fraud

Robert King · September 11, 2015 4:12 pm

Partygoers dance and smoke marijuana on the first of two days at the annual 4/20 marijuana festival in Denver.

More Americans using illegal drugs

Robert King · September 10, 2015 4:38 pm

OxyContin pills are arranged for a photo at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt. on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

FDA looks at two painkillers that hinder abuse

Robert King · September 10, 2015 4:01 am

The talks between Obama and Boehner about a so-called "grand bargain," which would have included entitlement cuts, now seem like a distant memory. (AP)

Judge says Boehner can sue president over Obamacare

Robert King · September 9, 2015 8:32 pm

The legislation has a Democratic co-sponsor in Rep. Tony Cardenas, D-Calif. (AP Photo)Â

Lawmakers race against time for Obamacare fix

Robert King · September 9, 2015 4:26 pm

Martha Baker, a Registered Nurse, (R) delivers 13,000 petition signatures demanding healthcare expansion to the office of Florida State Rep. Jose Oliva, whose Hialeah district includes the highest number of Obamacare sign ups in the nation, as the Florida legislative body debates accepting Affordable Care Act funding on May 28, 2015 in Hialeah, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Study: Obamacare could improve health but overburden system

Robert King · September 9, 2015 4:01 am

Health advocates are clamoring for e-cigarette rules, but the industry believes the government lacks the authority. (AP file)

Health groups fume over delayed e-cigarette rules

Robert King · September 6, 2015 4:01 am

The CDC on Friday announced a new program aimed at helping states set up programs to combat opioid overdoses. (iStock Photo)

CDC helps states with funds to combat opioid abuse

Robert King · September 4, 2015 3:51 pm

Proposed rule wouldn't allow healthcare providers and insurers that receive federal funding to discriminate. (Getty Images)

Obama administration announces far-reaching LGBT anti-discrimination rule

Robert King · September 3, 2015 4:48 pm

Primarily at stake in the Texas case is a 1992 compromise set forth in the Supreme Court case Planned Parenthood v. Casey, which found that any restriction on abortion has to be in the interest of protecting women's health or the potential life. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Abortion clinics ask Supreme Court to overturn Texas law

Robert King · September 3, 2015 3:25 pm

The Obama administration is ramping up its activities in anticipation of Obamacare's 2016 open enrollment period. (AP Photo)

Obamacare starts ramping up for 2016 enrollment

Robert King · September 3, 2015 4:01 am

More than $1 million in grants is going to three Planned Parenthood chapters in Iowa ($304,373 in anticipated funding), St. Louis ($388,787) and Montana ($337,555).Â (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Planned Parenthood chapters get Obamacare funding

Robert King · September 2, 2015 10:01 pm