Sebastián Martínez Valdivia
Health ReporterSebastián Martínez Valdivia was a health reporter at KBIA and is documentary filmmaker who focuses on access to care in rural and immigrant communities. A native Spanish speaker and lifelong Missouri resident, Sebastián is interested in the often overlooked and under-covered world of immigrant life in the rural midwest. He has a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Missouri and a master's degree in documentary journalism at the same institution. Aside from public health, his other interests include conservation, climate change and ecology.
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When the Audrain Community Hospital closed, it left uncertainty and difficult choices in its wake. -
In the pandemic, the government allowed millions of children to stay on Medicaid — no need to have an adult re-enroll them every year. But that may end soon, and many kids could lose their coverage.
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A federal emergency declaration that has allowed children to receive continuous Medicaid coverage throughout the pandemic could end soon, and health providers are worried.
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University of Missouri Health Care's CEO is stepping down to pursue an opportunity with OU Health in Oklahoma.
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The Commonwealth Fund's 2022 Scorecard on State Health System performance ranked Missouri as the worst state in the great plains region for COVID-19 response.
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Missouri enacted a 'trigger law' banning abortion in the state shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade.
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A startup owned by a private equity firm acquired two rural hospitals in mid-Missouri and closed both shortly after.
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