Robert King

President Trump is expected to announce a 25 percent tariff on steel and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum this week. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Republicans will let tariffs ruin the economy, because they are afraid of angering Trump

Philip Wegmann · March 8, 2018 6:46 pm

Daily on Healthcare: House Republicans seek anti-abortion provisions in Obamacare bills

Kimberly Leonard, Philip Klein and Robert King · March 8, 2018 5:11 pm

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said that he wants to offer new affordable and flexible healthcare plans "consistent with the law." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

HHS Secretary Alex Azar: Obamacare holding back change in healthcare

Robert King · March 8, 2018 2:38 pm

Express Scripts is one of the biggest pharmacy benefit managers in the country. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Cigna makes bid to buy drug plan middle man Express Scripts

Robert King · March 8, 2018 12:46 pm

Supporters of two Obamacare stabilization bills are looking into adding protections that prevent the money from funding abortions into a must-pass, two-year spending bill Congress is expected to take up this month. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., said, "Hyde language needs to be in whatever we do." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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House Republicans seek anti-abortion protections in Obamacare stabilization bills

Robert King · March 8, 2018 12:27 am

In this 2017 photo, a reporter holds up an example of the amount of fentanyl that can be deadly after a news conference about deaths from fentanyl exposure, at Drug Enforcement Administration Headquarters in Arlington, Va. A Homeland Security reauthorization bill includes two amendments that seek to plug holes in the international mail system that make it easy for drug traffickers to ship synthetic drugs such as fentanyl to the U.S. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Homeland Security reauthorization bill includes measures to clamp down on opioid shipments

Robert King · March 7, 2018 9:18 pm

"While gun control is not the answer, the best and most effective path forward, I believe, is one that safeguards our schools from becoming "soft targets," or areas with little to stand in the way of someone with bad intentions," said Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Mark Meadows proposes $1.5B to boost school safety after Florida shooting

Anna Giaritelli · March 7, 2018 6:52 pm

Daily on Healthcare: States to fight low-cost health plans…Roskam talks Ways & Means priorities for 2018

Daily on Healthcare: States to fight low-cost health plans…Roskam talks Ways & Means priorities for 2018

Kimberly Leonard, Philip Klein and Robert King · March 7, 2018 5:18 pm

"The Trump administration's rule is nothing more than an end run around the consumer protections enshrined in the Affordable Care Act, part of President Trump's continued efforts to sabotage the ACA," said New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who is leading the effort alongside Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

States resisting Trump’s plan to expand access to cheaper health plans

Robert King · March 7, 2018 5:10 pm

CMS Administrator Seema Verma announced a new tool as part of the initiative, which is called MyHealthEData, during a speech at the Health Information and Management Systems Society annual conference in Las Vegas. (Al Drago/Bloomberg)

Trump administration outlines new moves to boost access to electronic health records

Robert King · March 6, 2018 8:17 pm

Groups sent a letter to congressional leaders Tuesday supporting a bill that would hand out Obamacare insurer payments and give states $10 billion over two years to help prop up Obamacare insurers. (iStock photo)

Healthcare groups press for Obamacare stabilization bills

Robert King · March 6, 2018 7:00 pm

Daily on Healthcare: Group of House Democrats seek to dramatically expand Obamacare

Kimberly Leonard, Philip Klein and Robert King · March 6, 2018 5:02 pm