Medicaid Expansion Heads To The Kansas Senate

KCUR | By Sam Zeff,

Matt Hodapp

Published February 27, 2017 at 10:35 AM CST

Clockwise around the table: Sam Zeff, Rep. Susan Concannon, Dan Margolies

On this week's Statehouse Blend Kansas, Rep. Susan Concannon (R-Beloit) talks about passing Medicaid Expansion out of the Kansas House and its prospects both in the Senate and on the Governor's desk.

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Guests:

Susan Concannon, Representative (R-Beloit), Kansas Legislature
Dan Margolies, Health Editor, KCUR

Sam Zeff

Sam grew up in Overland Park and was educated at the University of Kansas. After working in Philadelphia where he covered organized crime, politics and political corruption he moved on to TV news management jobs in Minneapolis and St. Louis. Sam came home in 2013 and covered health care and education at KCPT. He came to work at KCUR in 2014. Sam has a national news and documentary Emmy for an investigation into the federal Bureau of Prisons and how it puts unescorted inmates on Grayhound and Trailways buses to move them to different prisons. Sam has one son and is pretty good in the kitchen.

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