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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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The United Way of Greater Kansas City gave $1.2 million to victims and $832,000 to 14 community groups Thursday, hoping to reach individual gunshot victims from the Kansas City Chiefs’ parade shootings and the larger community working to prevent gun violence.
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Las familias de los heridos en el tiroteo del 14 febrero cargan con lo que un experto llama "la deuda por victimización". En la tercera entrega de nuestra serie “The Injured,” aprendimos sobre la presión de tener que pagar facturas médicas grandes y pequeñas, y otros gastos de bolsillo.
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Families of the people hurt during the Feb. 14 mass shooting are carrying what one expert calls “victimization debt.” In the third story of our series “The Injured,” we learn about the strain of paying small and large medical bills and other out-of-pocket costs.
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Voters in Missouri and as many as 12 other states could weigh in this year on abortion ballot initiatives. But the seven states that have voted on abortion-related ballot measures since the Supreme Court overturned federal abortion protections two years ago show that an election can be just the beginning.
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A pesar del aumento de la violencia con armas de fuego en Estados Unidos, existen pocas pautas médicas sobre la extracción de balas de los cuerpos de los sobrevivientes. En la segunda entrega de nuestra serie “The Injured”, charlamos con tres personas heridas en el desfile del Super Bowl de Kansas City, que enfrentan el tener balas en sus cuerpos de diferentes maneras.
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They were shot at the Chiefs Super Bowl parade — and might live with bullets in their bodies foreverDespite the rise of gun violence in America, few medical guidelines exist on removing bullets from survivors’ bodies. In the second installment of our series “The Injured,” we meet three people shot at the Kansas City Super Bowl parade who are dealing with the bullets inside them in different ways.
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En la primera historia de nuestra serie “The Injured”, una familia de Kansas recuerda el Día de San Valentín como el comienzo de ataques de pánico, traumas que cambian la vida y pesadillas con disparos. Lanzados al centro de atención por los tiroteos, se preguntan cómo se recuperarán.
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Ballot initiatives are one way for voters to assert their power over the political whims of Missouri's state legislature or courts. They are often viewed as more stable and harder to undo.
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In the first of our series “The Injured,” a Kansas family remembers Valentine’s Day as the beginning of panic attacks, life-altering trauma, and waking to nightmares of gunfire. Thrown into the spotlight by the shootings, they wonder how they will recover.
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Patients and medical professionals complain that prior authorization interferes with treatment, causes medical provider burnout, and increases administrative costs. A new Missouri bill would establish a "gold carding" program for medical treatment and prescriptions.