Families plead with KY leaders: ‘Work together to find a solution’ and keep Lee Clinic open

"Why are we a pawn in this political game between the executive and the legislature executed by the cabinet?"

By: Sarah Ladd

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: June 24, 2026

Words: 1,722

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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FRANKFORT — For more than an hour on Wednesday, parents and community advocates pleaded with Kentucky leaders to reverse budget cuts that threaten to shutter Lee Specialty Clinic in Louisville.

In three-minute testimony increments, more than a dozen said their loved ones with disabilities have nowhere else to turn, begging the members of the the Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board to intervene. The board consists of elected lawmakers, members of the Cabinet for …

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