
Bram Sable-Smith
Midwest Reporter at KFF Health News
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3 weeks ago |
stltoday.com | Bram Sable-Smith
ST. LOUIS — Violent crime was already trending down from a COVID-era spike when President Donald Trump presented a picture of unbridled crime in America on the campaign trail in 2024. Now his administration has eliminated about $500 million in grants to organizations that buttress public safety, including many working to prevent gun violence.
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3 weeks ago |
alternet.org | Bram Sable-Smith
ST. LOUIS — Violent crime was already trending down from a covid-era spike when President Donald Trump presented a picture of unbridled crime in America on the campaign trail in 2024. Now his administration has eliminated about $500 million in grants to organizations that buttress public safety, including many working to prevent gun violence.
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3 weeks ago |
cnn.com | Bram Sable-Smith
Keisha Blanchard traces the route in St. Louis where she was strolling with a friend at lunchtime when someone shot her in the back from the rear window of a Chevy Impala. She says her joyful, carefree attitude gave way to hypervigilance after the January 2024 shooting.
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1 month ago |
ourcommunitynow.com | Bram Sable-Smith |Elias Tsapelas
Share Congress is 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.
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1 month ago |
gazettextra.com | Bram Sable-Smith
CRESTWOOD, Mo. - The prospect of sweeping federal cuts to Medicaid is alarming to some Missourians who remember the last time the public medical insurance program for those with low incomes or disabilities was pressed for cash in the state. In 2005, Missouri adopted some of the strictest eligibility standards in the nation, reduced benefits, and increased patients' copayments for the joint federal-state program due to state budget shortfalls totaling about $2.4 billion over several prior years.
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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

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