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Topeka – Jim Barnett, a candidate for the Republican nomination for governor, announced Monday the fourth stage of his statewide tour focusing on health care.

Phase four of the Health Tour will occur Friday, September 22. Dr. Barnett will begin the tour at Scott City Hospital at 9:00 a.m., then continue at the Greeley Co. Hospital in Tribune at 10:00 a.m. MDT. After Greeley Co. Hospital Dr. Barnett will visit the Kearney Co. Hospital in Lakin at 1:30 p.m. and end at the Garden City Hospital in Garden City at 4:00 p.m.
“Expanding coverage of Medicaid will provide better access to health care for many Kansans and bring Kansas dollars back to Kansas,” Barnett stated. “It is clearly the right thing to do.”

Barnett currently practices medicine at the Cotton O’Neil Clinic with Stormont-Vail Health in Topeka, Kansas. He is President of the Shawnee County Medical Society and serves on the Board of Trustees of the Kansas Medical Society.

Barnett has been a practicing physician for 35 years. “I get up every day to diagnose and treat my patients,” Barnett said. “My #OneKansas agenda will help develop practical and cost effective ways for the citizens of our state to receive care. Kansans deserve no less.”