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Kristen Schorsch

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
10
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Sep 17, 2026
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Jul 8, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Kristen Schorsch

    Illinois residents who are terminally ill can now end their lives. Here’s how it works. (opens the original)

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    In Illinois, terminally ill residents with less than six months to live can now request a prescription for medication to end their lives. Illinois joins 12 other states and Washington D.C., in legalizing medical aid in dying. In Illinois, it’s called “Deb’s Law,” inspired by Deb Robertson, a former social worker in suburban Lombard who has an aggressive form of cancer. Robertson spent years advocating for the right to end her life with medication, should she choose to do so. After much emotional

  2. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Kristen Schorsch

    Illinois alerts more than 700,000 people they will or could lose public health insurance (opens the original)

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    The Pritzker administration is alerting more than 700,000 people across Illinois that they will lose, or at risk of losing, their public health insurance due to unprecedented changes from the federal government. Officials estimate about half of these enrollees live in Cook County. The state has mailed letters to people who have Medicaid public health insurance, a state-federal program for those who are low-income or have disabilities. About 3 million people have Medicaid coverage in Illinois, ar

  3. Article · Sep 3, 2026 · Kristen Schorsch

    3 leaders who work with Chicago’s immigrant communities reflect on the toll of Operation Midway Blitz (opens the original)

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    Not leaving your home for days or weeks. Always being on the lookout to protect yourself and your loved ones. It can lead to a constant state of fear, stress, even hopelessness. Over the last year, immigrants in many communities in Chicago and the suburbs have experienced such a rollercoaster of emotions as federal immigration agents have detained people without legal immigration status and others who also were swept up in arrests as part of President Donald Trump’s mass-deportation campaign. Th

  4. Article · Aug 8, 2026 · Kristen Schorsch

    Can would-be buyer afford to take over more Chicago-area hospitals? (opens the original)

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    Insight Health Systems is interested in rescuing two closed Chicago-area hospitals, even as its hospital in Chicago appears to be struggling. Since buying historic Mercy Hospital in 2021 for $1 — keeping it from closing — and changing its name to Insight Hospital and Medical Center, the Bronzeville hospital has consistently lost money, according to its tax returns. Insight lost nearly $30 million in 2024, its most recent records show. And Insight Hospital has received about $50 million in advanc

  5. Article · Aug 3, 2026 · Kristen Schorsch

    Many women with high-risk pregnancies can’t get abortions in their home states. Illinois welcomes them. (opens the original)

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    As states across much of the South and Midwest banned or further restricted abortions after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade in 2022,

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