More than 400 people showed up yesterday (WED) in Topeka for a public forum on reforming the state’s Medicaid program. As Jim McLean of the KHI News Service reports, the meeting was called by officials of Governor Sam Brownback’s administration who say the massive program is growing at an unsustainable rate.
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.