Kim Krisberg

Texas

Contributing Wirter at The Nation's Health

Freelance Health and Science Reporter at Freelance

Public health journalist. Words: @pubhealthwatch, @nationshealth, @NPR, @TexasTribune, @TexasObserver, @PublicHealthMag. Love Molly Ivins. Retweet≠endorsement.

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Health Findings

2 weeks ago | thenationshealth.org | Kim Krisberg
Nation in Brief

2 weeks ago | thenationshealth.org | Kim Krisberg
States in Brief

2 weeks ago | thenationshealth.org | Kim Krisberg
US primary care system in dire need of investment as insurance payments to providers fall

2 weeks ago | thenationshealth.org | Kim Krisberg

“We need a major, dogmatic shift if we want to capture the entire value of primary care.”— Eric WiserAfter years of trying to hold firm against rising costs and stagnant pay rates, family medicine doctor Sarah Mullins finally broke. The debt her private practice had accumulated was too much to bear. She was missing paychecks and on the verge of closing down.
Globe in Brief

1 month ago | thenationshealth.org | Kim Krisberg
States in Brief

1 month ago | thenationshealth.org | Kim Krisberg
Texas’ has the highest rate of uninsured children, and it’s getting worse

2 months ago | texastribune.org | Kim Krisberg

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Key coverage Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. HOUSTON — Almost 1 million Texas children and teens went without health insurance at some point over the most recent year recorded.
CDC: American life expectancy increases after years-long drop

Feb 3, 2025 | thenationshealth.org | Kim Krisberg

U.S. life expectancy, which dipped during the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic, is ticking back up, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports. In December, the agency’s National Center for Health Statistics released “Mortality in the United States, 2023,” which found life expectancy at birth was 78.4 years in 2023, up from 77.5 years in 2022.
Advocates bracing for battles over funding for public health programs

Feb 3, 2025 | thenationshealth.org | Kim Krisberg

Public health faces a tough funding climate in Congress this year, especially under a presidential administration with a history of supporting large funding cuts for key health agencies. During President Donald Trump’s first term, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and its agencies frequently landed on the chopping block. In 2017, his White House budget proposed cutting funds for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by 17%, or $1.2 billion.
For people with opioid addiction, Medicaid ‘unwinding’ raises the stakes; Citrus County woman struggles to pay for her addiction medicine

Nov 16, 2024 | chronicleonline.com | Kim Krisberg

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