Robert King

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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

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