Tag: Robert King

Now that funding has been approved, the administration can initiate new activities such as new vaccine or diagnostic contracts and new rounds of state funding for local Zika response. (AP Photo)

Zika money won’t flow immediately

Robert King · October 3, 2016 4:01 am

Alaska, Alabama, Wyoming and Oklahoma have confirmed to the Washington Examiner that they will have only one insurer offering Obamacare plans for 2017. (AP Photo)

Four states will have one Obamacare insurer

Robert King · October 3, 2016 4:01 am

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday that couples should wait six months to try for a pregnancy if the man has had possible Zika exposure but no symptoms. (AP Photo)

CDC: Couples with possible Zika should wait to get pregnant

Robert King · September 30, 2016 4:15 pm

Obamacare's reinsurance program collects money from insurers and uses it to offset claims from patients. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)

Watchdog: HHS can’t divert billions from Treasury to Obamacare insurers

Robert King · September 29, 2016 5:33 pm

HHS Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell said, "Regardless of your income, age, geography, or race, everyone is gaining access to coverage or better coverage under the Affordable Care Act." (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

HHS says Obamacare lowering uninsured rates across all groups

Robert King · September 29, 2016 3:06 pm

Federal employees and retirees will pay about 6 percent more on average for health insurance premiums in 2017. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Federal workers to pay more for healthcare

Robert King · September 28, 2016 7:52 pm

Lawmakers want to know if Mylan defrauded Medicaid by classifying the EpiPen as a generic drug. (George Frey/Bloomberg)

Senators ask Justice Department to investigate EpiPen maker

Robert King · September 28, 2016 4:47 pm

Premiums for Medicare's prescription drug plans are expected to rise by about 4 percent next year, a new analysis found. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli,file)

Seniors to pay more for Medicare Part D next year

Robert King · September 28, 2016 4:05 pm

The group's report said if the 19 states that haven't expanded Medicaid coverage hold to that position in 2017, it would leave 604,000 veterans without coverage. (AP Photo)

Report: More than half a million vets likely to lack insurance next year

Robert King · September 28, 2016 3:41 pm

The head of a Colorado lab raised concerns about the CDC’s recommendation for a Zika test that he says is "substantially less sensitive in detecting Zika than another established test," the special counsel said. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Report: CDC demoted whistleblower over Zika test concerns

Robert King · September 27, 2016 8:41 pm

A 22-year-old effort for mass vaccination against measles, mumps and rubella has worked, health agency says. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

US free of measles, WHO says

Robert King · September 27, 2016 4:45 pm

The House will vote on a bill to shield Obamacare customers from having to pay the government penalty for not having insurance if they lose their plan due to their taxpayer-funded insurer collapsing. (AP Photo)

House to vote on Obamacare co-op bill Tuesday

Robert King · September 26, 2016 10:04 pm