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New
‘Where It Hurts’ Podcast From KFF’s Kaiser Health News and St. Louis Public
Radio Explores Problems in the U.S. Health Care System That Leave Millions
Without Access to Care Launching Today, Season 1 Looks
at Rural Hospital Closures Through the Experience of Mercy Hospital in Fort
Scott, Kansas FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 29, 2020 KFF’s
Kaiser Health News (KHN) and St. Louis Public Radio are launching a new podcast, “Where It Hurts,” which explores painful
cracks in America’s health system that leave millions without the health care
they need. Each season, the podcast will take listeners somewhere new to
illustrate some entrenched problems — and a few solutions — for our health
care system. Season
One, called “No Mercy,” is the first offering in the partnership and tells
the story of what happened to the residents of Fort Scott, Kansas, when the
rural town’s 132-year-old Mercy Hospital closed due to financial
difficulties. KHN senior correspondent Sarah Jane Tribble, who grew up on 10
acres about an hour from Fort Scott, spent more than a year reporting from
the town, where locals lost vital health care, workers lost well-paying jobs,
and the community’s sense of identity wavered. Among the topics Tribble
explores is the question of whether every community needs a hospital. The
troubles Fort Scott has faced are happening all over America. More than 130
rural hospitals have closed over the past decade. The pressures of dealing
with COVID-19 have forced even more rural hospitals to close their doors — 15
in the first eight months of 2020 alone. In 2019, 18 rural hospitals closed
for good. "When
Sarah Jane shared her reporting on the fallout from a rural hospital closing
in her home state of Kansas, I said, 'Wow, this has to be a podcast,'” said
KHN Editor-in-Chief Elisabeth Rosenthal. “I'm so thrilled that St. Louis
Public Radio has jumped in wholeheartedly with us to make it happen!” “We’re
proud to partner with KHN to share Sarah Jane Tribble’s investigative
storytelling with podcast listeners,” said St. Louis Public Radio Interim
General Manager Tom Livingston. “By providing a window into the lives of
people struggling to access care, these powerful stories bring context and
humanity to the health care challenges facing our nation.” “Where
It Hurts” is KHN’s third podcast project and the first to employ a narrative
storytelling approach. It debuts Sept. 29, with episodes to be released weekly
through Nov. 10, and will be available on major podcast platforms, including
Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and NPR One. Listen to the
first episode of “No Mercy” and find more information at whereithurts.show. In future seasons, other
storytellers will lead the reporting to highlight overlooked parts of America
and show how health system failures can ripple through the social fabric of a
community. KHN
also created and produces the popular “What the Health?” podcast, in which host Julie Rovner
leads a panel of top reporters from other leading media outlets, all of them
women, in a weekly discussion about health policy news in Washington. And it
co-produces “An Arm and a Leg”, a podcast created and hosted by
former Marketplace reporter Dan Weissmann that focuses on stories about the
cost of health care. KHN is committed to producing impactful journalism in a
variety of formats to reach a wide and diverse audience and help inform the
national conversation about health care access, quality and cost. “Where
It Hurts” is St. Louis Public Radio’s seventh podcast currently in
production, the most distinguished being “We Live Here” — a two-time international Kaleidoscope
Award winner for outstanding coverage of diverse communities and issues. About
KFF and KHN: KHN (Kaiser Health
News) is a nonprofit news service covering health issues. KHN is an
editorially independent program of KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation) and, along
with Policy Analysis and Polling, is one of the three major operating
programs of KFF. KFF is not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente. About
St. Louis Public Radio: St. Louis Public Radio
is an award-winning news organization and NPR member station, providing
in-depth news, insightful discussion and entertaining programs to a
half-million people per month on air and online. With a large, St.
Louis-based newsroom and reporters stationed in Jefferson City and Rolla,
Missouri, and Belleville, Illinois, the station’s journalists find and tell
important stories about communities across the region and help people become
deeply informed about the issues that affect their lives. Broadcasting on
90.7 KWMU-FM in St. Louis, 90.3 WQUB in Quincy, Illinois, 88.5 KMST in Rolla
and 96.3 K242AN in Lebanon, Missouri, and sharing news and music online at stlpublicradio.org, St. Louis Public Radio is a
member-supported service of the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Filling
the need for trusted information on national health issues, KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation)
is a nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, California. |
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Tuesday, September 29, 2020
New ‘Where It Hurts’ Podcast From KHN and St. Louis Public Radio Explores Problems in the U.S. Health Care System, with First Season Focusing on Rural Health
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