The head of an organization that represents many Kansas nursing homes says repealing a part of the federal health reform law that creates a new long-term care insurance program would be short sighted. As Jim McLean of the KHI News Service reports, federal officials have concluded the program isn’t financially sustainable.
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.