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KS Hospitals, Others Lobby for Medicaid Expansion

Medicaid expansion. What does it mean and why should we care? To most people, it sounds like one of those boring policy issues we SHOULD care about, but probably don't. Whether it makes for good water cooler conversation or not, the issue of Medicaid expansion in Kansas has far reaching implications. And not just for poor people without health insurance... but for hospitals that could soon be struggling to keep their doors open. Jim McLean, of the KHI News Service, explains.


 

Can't get enough reporting on Medicaid expansion? Click here.

And be sure to watch Kansas City Week in Review on KCPT, Channel 19, tonight (FRI) at 7:30 for more on the topic.

 

Bryan Thompson has been KPR's Health Reporter since 2000. He's a lifelong Kansan, and a graduate of Wichita State University. He's been involved in radio news longer than he'd care to admit, serving as news director at stations in El Dorado, Liberal, and Salina before joining KPR. He and his wife, Cindy, are the parents of six outstanding children--one of whom now looks down on them from above. In his spare time, Bryan enjoys music and sports.