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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. kffhealthnews.org/news/article/k…
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. ⤵️ kffhealthnews.org/news/article/s…
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. ⤵️ kffhealthnews.org/news/article/m…
🚨🚨🚨17 million projected to lose health insurance, @yabutaleb7 reports
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.
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.
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. ⤵️ nbcnews.com/health/health-…
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 cnn.com/2025/06/03/hea…
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 kffhealthnews.org/news/article/v…
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
“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. ⤵️ 19thnews.org/2025/03/transg…
FTC, Indiana Residents Pressure State To Block Terre Haute Hospital Merger. New reporting from @samanthann kffhealthnews.org/MTk0NTkzMw via @kffhealthnews
I’m reading some of the national coverage of Kaul’s abortion lawsuit. And this passage is not entirely true. foxnews.com/us/wisconsin-a…
NEW: Though voters in 10 states weighed in on abortion, access to abortions remains largely unchanged for now, @besables reports. Some measures don’t take effect immediately, and courts must untangle preexisting state laws. kffhealthnews.org/news/article/2…
The coronavirus pandemic underscored the importance of paid sick leave, a benefit to help workers and their families when they fall ill. Now voters in Missouri, Nebraska, and Alaska are deciding whether employers must provide it. @samanthann reports: kffhealthnews.org/news/article/p…
So, like, does this stop after Tuesday or is this just my life now?
.@ProPublica's reporting on maternal health under abortion bans continues. Read this investigation w @lizziepresser on the case of a pregnant teenager who died after she was repeatedly sent home from Texas hospitals while suffering a miscarriage. propublica.org/article/nevaeh…
Paid sick leave is up for a vote this November in Alaska, Missouri, and Nebraska, @samanthann reports.kffhealthnews.org/MTkzNTA2NQ via @kffhealthnews
Some name suggestions: The St. Louis Bread-Sliced Bagels The St. Louis Humidity The St. Louis Rivers
Jayson Tatum, David Hoffmann of the Hoffmann Family of Companies, and businessman Richard A. Chaifetz are among those leading the effort to bring the WNBA to St. Louis. hubs.li/Q02WshB70
$1.27 million came in for the campaign against Missouri's proposed abortion amendment yesterday
Jayson Tatum, David Hoffmann of the Hoffmann Family of Companies, and businessman Richard A. Chaifetz are among those leading the effort to bring the WNBA to St. Louis. hubs.li/Q02WshB70
A concerned family tried to get their 19-year-old's gun taken away. A hospital screening "deemed the situation an immediate threat." But police said he was an adult who purchased it legally. 9 days later he killed 2 and injured 7 at his old school. stltoday.com/news/local/cri…
