Tag: Robert King

Rep. Elijah Cummings wants the House Oversight Committee to investigate the spike for the allergy shot. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Top Dem furious about EpiPen price hike

Robert King · August 24, 2016 5:12 pm

Mylan CEO Heather Bresch is the daughter of West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, Bloomberg News reported. (AP Photo)

CEO behind EpiPen hike is senator’s daughter

Robert King · August 24, 2016 3:54 pm

Time is running out to get insurers into Obamacare and stave off a dearth of competition in one-third of U.S. counties. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

Clock ticking to improve Obamacare competition

Robert King · August 24, 2016 4:01 am

A new projection finds the Obama administration will meet its goal for 2016 Obamacare signups. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Study: Obamacare to meet signup goal

Robert King · August 23, 2016 9:19 pm

Blue Cross-Blue Shield has the highest rate hike for 2017 at 62 percent. (iStock photo)

Tennessee clears steep Obamacare rate hikes

Robert King · August 23, 2016 3:45 pm

"We must be vigilant, however, to not cross the line of price-gouging, especially when a product has been around for a generation and is incredibly cheap to produce," Grace Meng wrote about EpiPens. (AP Photo)

Lawmaker calls for hearings amid EpiPen price hike

Robert King · August 23, 2016 3:04 pm

Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley is investigating why EpiPen prices have increased sometimes by more than $500. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski, File)

Grassley probes price hikes for EpiPen

Robert King · August 22, 2016 8:01 pm

"We are exploring options to modify the ACA's permanent risk adjustment program to better adjust for the highest-cost enrollees and their actuarial risk, which would achieve some of the same risk-sharing benefits as the reinsurance program," said Kevin Counihan, CEO of healthcare.gov, in an Aug. 11 blog post. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

This fall may be make or break for Obamacare

Robert King · August 22, 2016 4:01 am

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its travel advisory on Friday after news broke that five people got Zika locally in Miami Beach. (AP Photo)

CDC: Don’t go to Miami Beach if pregnant

Robert King · August 19, 2016 5:47 pm

Republican Gov. Rick Scott told reporters that five Zika cases were the result of local transmission, likely through mosquito bites, along a one-and-a-half-mile part of Miami Beach. (AP Photo)

Zika spreads to Miami Beach

Robert King · August 19, 2016 4:53 pm

Health agency wants doctors to conduct repeated eye and hearing tests and ultrasounds on infants. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)

CDC wants doctors to test babies more for Zika

Robert King · August 19, 2016 4:19 pm

Stocks of major insurance companies that have stuck by Obamacare fell at the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange. (AP Photo)

A third of U.S. may soon lack Obamacare competition

Robert King · August 19, 2016 3:07 pm