Kansas Lt. Governor Lynn Rogers will visit Junction City on Wednesday for two event.

From 9:30 until 10:30 a.m. he’ll be at Geary Community Hospital for a brief discussion on medicaid expansion in the Women’s Center Conference Room followed by a tour of the hospital.

On the subject of medicaid expansion the Hospital CEO Joe Stratton said the bill is in the Kansas Senate right now, “Possibly a bill become an act that might go to the governor, Governor Kelly to consider signing. For this hospital that means approximately $1.7 million more revenue in the course of a year. That’s real money to us, that’s real money to the patients and families we serve. ” Stratton added it’s also important to the local economy,

He doesn’t think medicaid expansion is the “panacea to solve everything but it certainly would be a big plus for Geary Community Hospital without a doubt.”

At 11 a.m. Wednesday Rogers is scheduled to speak during the annual Flint Hills Regional Conference at the Courtyard By Marriott convention Center. Topics ranging from regional health and demographics to collaboration between military installations and surrounding communities will be discussed.