A celebratory cake was waiting for U-S Senator Jerry Moran when he stepped into the boardroom of Topeka’s Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center yesterday (MON) . That’s because with the stop, Moran achieved the distinction of having visited all of the state’s hospitals since being elected to Congress. But as Jim McLean of the KHI News Service reports, the celebration quickly turned into a nuts-and-bolts conversation about the nation’s new health reform law.
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.