Bram Sable-Smith

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[Bram Sable-Smith @besables]

Ten of the 24 people injured by bullets at the Kansas City Chiefs parade shooting were children.

As we followed the affected families, it quickly became clear that those kids are changed.
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[Samantha Liss @samanthann]

“We just hold our breath every legislative session,” an Idaho mom with two disabled sons, told @besables.

“I feel like I’m always trying to prove their worth, to prove their value, and it’s exhausting.”

https://t.co/7KR0zRYCFr via @kffhealthnews

[KFF Health News @KFFHealthNews]

Republicans have hitched themselves to the “Make America Healthy Again” campaign, banking on its popularity to give them an electoral bounce, including a recent Superbowl ad featuring Mike Tyson.

But the strategy carries risks, reports @besables ⤵️
https://t.co/b7iuZ3KOH3

[Bram Sable-Smith @besables]

Missouri Governor's FY27 budget anticipates a $713 million reduction in fed money for Medicaid expansion

[Bob Herman @bobjherman]

Dr. Oz told health care executives at a fancy yacht club that they don't need to worry about the impending Medicaid cuts. Plus, he said the people who are about to lose Medicaid coverage are couch potatoes anyway. @TaraBannow reports from #JPM26: https://t.co/vuwepx69rN

[KFF Health News @KFFHealthNews]

If you feel like hospitals and insurers are fighting more often these days, you’re not alone! Here is what it could mean for your health care. @besables https://t.co/X7h25hb3if

[Bram Sable-Smith @besables]

"We are struggling to fight for our own survival."

Read the full story w/@sjtribble looking at the fallout from Medicaid cuts in Idaho and North Carolina.

https://t.co/MByJBMSvpV

[Bram Sable-Smith @besables]

NEW: Trump's signature legislation is cutting $1 trillion from Medicaid. But even before those cuts hits, states are slashing their programs.

It's already making it harder for one North Carolina mom to find care for her disabled son.

[Bram Sable-Smith @besables]

NEW: Feel like you're reading more about hospitals fighting with insurers and even stranding patients out of network?

It's not your imagination. Almost 1 in 5 hospitals had a brawl with an insurer in the past 4 years.

Trump admin cuts mean we're likely to see even more...

[KFF Health News @KFFHealthNews]

NEW: Americans increasingly find themselves caught in disputes between hospitals and insurance companies.

@besables writes that the fights could become more common as hospitals brace for cuts from Trump policies. https://t.co/cMcodHJplv

[The Midwest Newsroom @NPRMidwestNews]

HUGE:🏆

Congrats! Our colleague Peggy Lowe @KCUR and @besables @KFFHealthNews win a national Edward R. Murrow Award for their series on the Chiefs parade shooting survivors https://t.co/Iq2U16Qceu

[John Hillkirk @johnhillkirk]

Thrilled to see that @KFFHealthNews and its partners won three national Murrow Awards!! @besables @DavidHilzenrath @NoamLevey @jodieTVnews @peggyllowe @maddycfox

[KFF Health News @KFFHealthNews]

NEW: A Missouri woman gave up guardianship of her son so she could be paid to be his caregiver. Proposed Medicaid work requirements might force her to prove she works to keep her insurance.

@besables reports. ⤵️ https://t.co/V5DkGY7wLR

[Jeff Stein @jstein_star]

🚨🚨🚨17 million projected to lose health insurance, @yabutaleb7 reports

[Larry Levitt @larry_levitt]

The Senate has just passed what amounts to the biggest health reform plan since the ACA, rolling back many of the health insurance coverage increases achieved by the ACA.

[Bram Sable-Smith @besables]

68% of Americans support work requirements for Medicaid, according to a recent @KFF poll.

But support dropped as low as 35% when respondents learned that most Medicaid recipients already work and could lose their coverage because of paperwork requirements.

[KFF Health News @KFFHealthNews]

A Missouri woman gave up guardianship of her son so she could be paid to be his caregiver. Proposed Medicaid work requirements might force her to prove she works to keep her insurance.

@besables reports for KFF Health News + @NBCNews. ⤵️ https://t.co/Uj13izonIB

[Bram Sable-Smith @besables]

NEW: Violent crime was already trending down when Trump campaigned on addressing unbridled crime in America.

Now his administration has cut about $500 million for crime prevention.

My latest for @CNN and @KFFHealthNews

https://t.co/veTYQWpqQQ

[KFF Health News @KFFHealthNews]

NEW: As St. Louis deals with $1.6 billion in damage from a tornado, locals are helping hard-hit North St. Louis. Yet to show up is the federal government with an emergency declaration.

@CaraRAnthony and @besables report. ⤵️
https://t.co/uUBqYQ0LjP

[Alex Wayne @aawayne]

NEWS: County health departments nationwide have canceled vaccine clinics after federal funding was cut.

HHS says it's because the pandemic is over.

The clinics gave flu and measles shots, too.

By @besables + @Ajzionts + @JackieFortier

https://t.co/K8NsqmoUR9

[Katheryn Houghton @K_Hought]

On the #MAHA tour this morning in Arizona, @SecKennedy will hear from tribal leaders about the opportunities and challenges related to self-governance in health care at the Tribal Self Governance Conference. I’m here for @KFFHealthNews

[KFF Health News @KFFHealthNews]

“It'd be like putting sheep in a hyenas’ den,” a formerly incarcerated trans woman told @besables about President Donald Trump’s executive order calling for housing trans women inmates in male prisons.

@besables for KFF Health News + @19thnews. ⤵️ https://t.co/ZWS1PjjRFU

[Kytja Weir @kytja]

FTC, Indiana Residents Pressure State To Block Terre Haute Hospital Merger. New reporting from @samanthann https://t.co/7UOeQ97CNs via @kffhealthnews

[Sarah Lehr @SarahGLehr]

I’m reading some of the national coverage of Kaul’s abortion lawsuit.
And this passage is not entirely true. https://t.co/tg7wMc0NIG