Journalists discuss the cost of child shootings and the state’s handling of opioid settlement funds

KFF Health News Midwest correspondent Bram Sable-Smith spoke about the lasting trauma experienced by children who survived the Super Bowl parade shooting earlier this year on KMOX’s “Total Information AM” on Aug. 22.

  • Click here to listen to Sable-Smith on “Total Information AM”
  • Read Sable-Smith and Peggy Lowe’s article “Children Who Survived the Super Bowl Shooting Are Scared, Suffering Panic Attacks and Trouble Sleeping”

KFF Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani discussed how a coalition of groups has issued a call to action on how states should spend opioid settlement money on NPR’s “All Things Considered” on Aug. 21. Pattani also discussed how states like Wisconsin plan to spend opioid settlement money on Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Wisconsin Today” on Aug. 19.

  • Click here to listen to Pattani on “All Things Considered”
  • Read Pattani’s article “Call to Action Reignites Debate on Opioid Settlements”
  • Click here to listen to Pattani on “Wisconsin Today”
  • Read the series “Payback: Tracking the money from the opioid settlement”

KFF Health News correspondent Daniel Chang discussed social media bans on KMOX’s “Total Information AM” on August 21.

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  • Read Chang’s article “Social media bans could deny teens mental health help”

KFF Health News Chief Washington Correspondent Julie Rovner discussed Vice President Kamala Harris’ health care proposals on WBUR’s “Here & Now” on August 20.

  • Click here to listen to Rovner on “Here & Now”

KFF Health News Washington correspondent David Hilzenrath discussed MitraClip on PBS’s “PBS News Weekend” program on August 18.

  • Click here to watch Hilzenrath on “PBS News Weekend”
  • Read Hilzenrath and Holly K. Hacker’s article “From Dr. Oz to heart valves: A tiny device carved a controversial path through the FDA”

KFF Health News Senior Correspondent Jordan Rau discussed nursing homes on PBS’s “PBS News Weekend” on August 17.

  • Click here to watch Rau on “PBS News Weekend”

KFF Health News contributor Andy Miller discussed the high cost of insurance on WUGA’s “The Georgia Health Report” on August 15.

  • Click here to listen to Miller on “The Georgia Health Report”

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