Tag: Robert King

Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz is a quintessential odd couple on healthcare, but the two senators did agree on one issue: drug re-importation. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Cruz, Sanders find common ground on drug prices

Robert King · February 8, 2017 3:57 am

Ted Cruz shied away from taking away Obamacare's mandate for insurers to cover all of birth control. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Cruz objects to ‘these mandates’ for birth control, Obamacare

Robert King · February 8, 2017 3:48 am

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., provided the Democratic Party with an "autopsy" Monday night. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Sanders: Healthcare access ‘doesn’t mean a damn thing’

Robert King · February 8, 2017 3:09 am

It isn't as cool or as famous as the Coke vs. Pepsi battle, but the battle lines have been drawn in the healthcare debate. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Cruz, Sanders trade jabs over healthcare rationing

Robert King · February 8, 2017 2:55 am

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., opened a debate over healthcare by asking his opponent Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, to work with him to transform Medicare into a single-payer system. (Screen shot)

Sanders to Cruz: Let’s work together to do single-payer

Robert King · February 8, 2017 2:44 am

Gilead Sciences was widely criticized by Congress for the high prices of Sovaldi and Harvoni. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Sales plunge for maker of hepatitis C cures

Robert King · February 7, 2017 11:10 pm

Ryan suggests what will take longer is implementing the changes Congress passes. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Ryan: Obamacare legislating to be done this year

Robert King · February 7, 2017 3:58 pm

Insurer steps in to offer coverage in rural Paulding County, Ohio. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Democrats blame Trump for lower Obamacare signups

Robert King · February 7, 2017 5:01 am

The research from the healthcare firm Avalere Health was released as the GOP-controlled Congress eyes overhauling Medicaid as part of a replacement to Obamacare. However, critics say that the move could shift more costs to the state. (iStock photo)

Study: GOP Medicaid plan could save more than $100 billion

Robert King · February 6, 2017 11:17 am

GOP tries to find right ‘R’ word in Obamacare debate

GOP tries to find right ‘R’ word in Obamacare debate

Robert King · February 5, 2017 5:00 am

The new version of the EpiPen will cost half as much, as the company responds to public outrage. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Lawmakers say Mylan stonewalling them

Robert King · February 3, 2017 10:38 pm

Any effort to repeal Obamacare would pull $5.5 billion in one year for addiction and mental health services. (Mark A. Large/The Daily Times via AP)

Obamacare repeal hurts opioid abuse fight, Democrats say

Robert King · February 3, 2017 8:57 pm