Robert King

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A crowd gathers outside the Supreme Court in Washington, as the court hears arguments in King v. Burwell. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Obamacare’s next legal challenge

Robert King · June 25, 2015 2:45 pm

Due to the funding struggles, the NIH has only been able to dole out funds for one out of every six competitive grant applications it receives,Â said Patrick White, president of the advocacy group ACT for NIH. (WIkimedia Commons)Â

Congress pursues major funding boost to NIH

Robert King · June 25, 2015 4:01 am

Of the 27 million people without coverage, 15.5 million don't qualify for help from the federal government in getting coverage, either through enrolling in the Medicaid program or getting subsidies to buy marketplace plans. (AP Photo)

House panel votes to defund Obamacare

Robert King · June 24, 2015 10:09 pm

A House appropriations bill released this week for the Food and Drug Administration calls on the agency to not fund any research projects that involve editing the genes of a human embryo. (AP File)

House takes stand on genetically modified humans

Robert King · June 24, 2015 2:57 pm

House upholds prohibition on gun research

Robert King · June 24, 2015 1:34 pm

A doctor speaks with a patient.

Mega-insurers could cost consumers

Robert King · June 24, 2015 4:01 am

Many rural hospitals are designated critical access hospitals by Medicare, meaning they have to keep a certain amount of inpatient beds and an emergency room. (AP Photo)Â

Senators seek to save rural hospitals

Robert King · June 23, 2015 8:31 pm

Survivors of pediatric cancer are living longer, a new study found. (AP)

Medicare lacks tools for evaluating cancer care

Robert King · June 23, 2015 4:01 am

Raisin farmer Marvin Horne stands in a field of grapevines planted in 1918 next to his home April, 10, 2006 in Kerman, Calif. (AP Photo)Â

Supreme Court: Raisin rules violate property rights

Robert King · June 22, 2015 3:44 pm

Supreme Court sides with Marvel in Spider-Man toy dispute

Supreme Court sides with Marvel in Spider-Man toy dispute

Robert King · June 22, 2015 2:34 pm

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, was unbowed after the Supreme Court upheld Obamacare subsidies in a major victory Thursday for the White House. (AP Photo)

Anatomy of an Obamacare ‘death spiral’

Robert King · June 21, 2015 4:01 am

The National Institutes of Health Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo)

NIH pledges to clean up facility

Robert King · June 19, 2015 8:50 pm