The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says Kansas could help 34,000 uninsured residents suffering from mental illness or substance abuse if the state would expand Medicaid under its KanCare program.

While more than half the states have expanded Medicaid, Kansas and Missouri have not. The Kansas Hospital Association says that by rejecting Medicaid expansion, the state has lost out on more than a billion dollars in federal funding.

Federal officials say they're pleased with the latest enrollment numbers for federal health insurance. In Kansas, more than 100,000 have signed up for Obamacare and in Missouri, nearly 300,000.

Some rural Kansas hospitals are in financial trouble, and Governor Sam Brownback is laying the blame squarely on President Obama and the Affordable Care Act.  

One Lawrence restaurant owner says she couldn't have opened her business without help from the federal health insurance program.