Bram Sable-Smith
Midwest Reporter, KFF Health NewsBram Sable-Smith, Midwest correspondent, joined KFF Health News after eight years covering public health and the social safety net for Wisconsin Public Radio; the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism; KBIA in Columbia, Missouri; and Side Effects Public Media, a public media reporting collaborative in the Midwest specializing in health issues.
He also taught radio journalism at the University of Missouri. Bram’s reporting has received national recognition, including two Edward R. Murrow Awards, two Sigma Delta Chi Awards, and two health policy awards from the Association of Health Care Journalists.
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Drugmakers are working on a potential new shot to prevent the tick-borne illness. How might it fare in the era of vaccine skepticism? -
Patients sometimes find themselves scrambling for affordable care when their insurer and hospital can't agree. That's what happened to Columbia, Missouri, resident Amber Wingler after MU Health Care got into a contract dispute with Anthem. -
About 90,000 people spent months in limbo as central Missouri's major medical provider fought over insurance contracts. These disputes between insurers and hospitals are a recurring problem. -
Kimberly Gallagher gave up guardianship of her son — a decision prompted by Missouri Medicaid rules about who can be compensated for caretaking work. But as Republicans plan to slash $1 trillion in federal Medicaid spending, Gallagher is among the millions of Americans who could be required to prove that they work enough to keep their health insurance. -
Congressional Republicans are looking to cut at least $880 billion from a pool of federal funding that includes Medicaid — and the program is likely to take a major hit. A previous budget crunch in Missouri offers a window into how cuts ripple through people's lives. -
Federal funding cuts, though temporarily blocked by a judge, have upended vaccination outreach across the country. The Missouri Immunization Coalition was forced to lay off half its staff, and cancel a statewide conference on strengthening vaccine efforts. -
Los sobrevivientes y testigos de la violencia armada a menudo se congelan emocionalmente al principio, como mecanismo de afrontamiento. A medida que se acerca el cumplimiento de un año desde el tiroteo en el desfile de la victoria de los Chiefs, la última entrega de nuestra serie “The Injured” analiza cómo algunos sobrevivientes hablan de resiliencia, mientras que otros intentan desesperadamente aguantar. -
Survivors and witnesses of gun violence often freeze emotionally at first, as a coping mechanism. As the one-year mark since the Chiefs victory parade shooting nears, the last installment in our series “The Injured” looks at how some survivors talk about resilience, while others are desperately trying to hang on.
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Nine months after the Feb. 14 shooting, people wounded at the Kansas City Chiefs' victory parade are wary of more gun violence. In this installment of “The Injured,” survivors of the shooting say they feel gun violence is inescapable and are desperately seeking a sense of safety. -
Clinics in states where most abortions are legal, such as Kansas and Illinois, are reporting an influx of inquiries from patients hundreds of miles away — and are expanding in response.
