Tag: Robert King

The CDC declined to pinpoint the exact areas in Miami where the Zika virus is spreading. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

CDC: Up to states to define Zika hot spots

Robert King · September 13, 2016 2:21 pm

Obamacare calls for fines against people who don't buy insurance, and that fine will hit almost $700 this year. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

New Jersey Obamacare co-op to close in 2017

Robert King · September 13, 2016 12:25 pm

A collection of three national surveys of plan holders reported overall satisfaction with their plans from 2014 to this year, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office. (iStock photo)

Obamacare enrollees satisfied with plans, but cost a concern

Robert King · September 12, 2016 10:24 pm

Obama met with leaders of officials from Humana, Cigna, Highmark Health, Molina Healthcare and several local Blue Cross Blue Shield insurers to discuss Obamacare, according to a White House official. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Obama meets with insurers on Obamacare

Robert King · September 12, 2016 8:26 pm

Miami-Dade mosquito control contractor pours chemicals into a storm sewer on a sidewalk. Miami Herald has accused state officials of undercounting the number of cases. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Florida defends Zika response

Robert King · September 12, 2016 5:22 pm

A federal watchdog found nine out of 12 false Obamacare applications were approved this year during special enrollment periods. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Watchdog: Obamacare vulnerable to fraud

Robert King · September 12, 2016 5:13 pm

While CMS has made progress on fighting "pay and chase," the agency relies "too heavily on investigating claims after the payments have been made rather than preventing them in the first place," the letter to acting CMS administrator Andy Slavitt reads. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

GOP: Medicare fraud rampant

Robert King · September 12, 2016 4:31 pm

A series of reports published Monday found that spending on opioid abuse rose from $71 million in 2011 to $721.8 million in 2015. (AP Photo)

Costs soar for fighting opioid abuse

Robert King · September 12, 2016 3:47 pm

University of Massachusetts Medical School nursing student Morgan Brescia, right, and others attend a simulation of treatment for a patient coping with addiction during class at the medical school in Worcester, Mass. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

The Obama legacy: A raging problem with heroin and opioids

Robert King · September 12, 2016 4:01 am

Zika is spreading in the U.S. through mosquito bites in Miami and sporadically in other parts of Florida. More than 50 cases of local transmission have been found. (AP Photo)

Zika here for the long haul

Robert King · September 10, 2016 4:01 am

Sen. Chuck Grassley blasted Mylan for insufficient answers to a series of questions he gave the drug maker about the EpiPen price hike. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Do better, Grassley tells EpiPen maker

Robert King · September 9, 2016 6:51 pm

According to a report released by the CDC, a fourth U.S. case has been identified of a person infected with E. coli bacteria resistant to an antibiotic used as a last resort treatment. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Superbug found in Connecticut child

Robert King · September 9, 2016 5:45 pm