Governor, legislators point fingers over budget cuts that threaten specialty clinic
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 Health and Family Services and others.
They filled the annex room and four overflow rooms. Many wore yellow shirts that said “SaveLeeClinic.org.” Many cried as they spoke about the specialized needs they and their loved ones have — and how losing the only clinic to meet those needs would severely damage their quality of life.
Click here to read the entire story from Sarah Ladd, Kentucky Lantern.
Source: Kentucky Lantern; https://kentuckylantern.com/2026/06/24/families-plead-with-ky-leaders-work-together-to-find-a-solution-and-keep-lee-clinic-open/