Kristen Schorsch
@kschorsch
@WBEZ reporter 📻 health care = politics. Also here: @kschorsch.bsky.social Have a tip? [email protected]
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Love this story: Starting pitcher Zoey Nance showing off her pitch grips with freshly painted nails: 'I’ve struck out many boys before. It feels amazing.'
Chicago's all-girls baseball team has grown to 4 teams — with barrier-breaking players who competed in HS varsity boys baseball this season. 50 girls will represent Chicago in the all-girls national baseball tournament next week. blockclubchicago.org/2025/07/18/chi…
I work in public media w/some of the smartest, kindest people who have no agenda but to help you understand what's happening in your community. Cutting funding means fewer facts about your schools, tax bills, disasters get to you & your neighbors. Pls donate to your local news.
Latest for @AP: ICE officials will have access to all 79 million Medicaid enrollees' personal data, including addresses and ethnicities, according to an extraordinary agreement signed on Monday. w/ @kimberlykindy apnews.com/article/immigr…
A gem of a read ... ever heard of the O'Hare community in Chicago -- not the airport. Thousands of people live here w/ties to the Schorsch Brothers real estate co. (no relation, or maybe?), via @Miss_EThompson: tinyurl.com/3be2vtae:
Sunrise pilates in Chicago. This is a great read, with stunning photos ⬇️
From 12 People To 4,000: How A Free Pilates Class Took Over Oak Street Beach And yes. She has a permit. blockclubchicago.org/2025/07/09/fro…
Texas officials have long worried about the dangers to children who packed into camps each summer along the flood-prone Guadalupe River. They knew that warning systems were inadequate. So why was nothing done? We have reviewed documents spanning a decade to find answers. 🧵 1/9
'We’ll have to pick up the pieces.' Community orgs predict more people will need help to buy food & get medical care as fed GOP lawmakers vote to slash Medicaid & SNAP. But these very orgs are already on thin margins, via @elviamalagon: tinyurl.com/msem4mzt @NourishHopeChi
NEW: How Trump's "big, beautiful" bill will affect children & schools. House just passed the bill (with all Dem's and 2 Republicans voting no) & Trump is set to sign: chalkbeat.org/2025/07/03/how…
All the more relevant. Medicaid pays for children who have ventilators, feeding tubes, etc., to live at home b/c it's so $$$ and private insurance often doesn't fully cover the cost. Here's one family's story. Pls listen/read/share: tinyurl.com/mtbw94u4 @WBEZ @ProtectILCare
Meet the 'womb service,' a group of students who deliver condoms & emergency contraception to students at DePaul University in Chicago. DePaul deems this 'inappropriate health material' and recently revoked the group's status, via @LAPhilip @WBEZ: tinyurl.com/yc7tj5aw
Hospitals, pharma, doctors, medical devices, health insurers, PBMs — the entire health care industry has crushed working households through higher prices and out-of-pocket spending, to the point that health care is a bigger expense than a mortgage. x.com/lydiadepillis/…
For the few years I've been covering jobs reports, and one sector typically rises above the rest, quietly hiring by the thousands: Health care. How taking care of humans became the biggest employer in America, and what it means for the rest of us. nytimes.com/interactive/20…
Chicago mayors have inked ~2k vetoes stretching back to 1851, the most recent one being two weeks ago! From a veto on a plan to sell rancid meat, to a contract for the White Stockings stadium on public land, I dug into the history of the executive tool. wbez.org/politics/2025/…
Illinois Dems, advocates and experts are warning that the Trump bill's $1.2 trillion in cuts would cost more than 500,000 Illinoisans health care coverage and put about 427,000 people at risk of losing food assistance. chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/…
Really honored to be part of this amazing group of journalists 🎉
We are pleased to announce the selection of 21 talented and diverse journalists to participate in the 2025 National Fellowship, exploring issues related to children, youth and family well-being and community health across the country!
Meet Marely. Medicaid covers the cost for medically fragile children like her to live at home instead of in a far more expensive hospital. Private insurance often doesn't cover the full cost, if at all. Cuts to Medicaid put all of this at risk. lnkd.in/g3p65dGt @WBEZ
Your Sunday read: Meet Marely. Medicaid keeps this toddler alive and at home instead of having to live in a hospital or nursing facility. There are thousands more like Marely. Federal cuts could put this all at risk: tinyurl.com/3sj9wfx2 @WBEZ @LurieChildrens @ProtectILCare
A really touching story about one of the most famous people in Chicago: Sister Rosemary, the tough-as-nails longtime leader of Misericordia, where people w/disabilities thrive. She was 94, via @NeilSteinberg: tinyurl.com/yc4rhytz
