Governor Kelly was in Manhattan to host a healthy workers, healthy economy tour round table focused on how expanding medicaid expansion would benefit the Kansas agriculture industry. Farmers, ranchers, and legislators joined to share health care issues facing the agriculture industry including long wait times and a lack of mental health resources and discussed how giving thousands more working Kansans access to health insurance could address these challenges. Kansas corn board member Matt Splitter says access to care in rural areas is crucial to the health and well being of Kansas farmers and ranchers. He says medicaid expansion would give more Kansas farmers and ranchers health insurance while supporting rural hospitals so they can get health care in their own communities. A recent survey shows that Kansas ranks dead last in mental health care and has significant issues in rural health care. The issue will be at the forefront of the Kansas legislature when they convene in January.
