Gov. Beshear working to help Louisville specialty clinic after budget cuts

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

Kentucky advocates came to Frankfort to ask elected officials to find a way to keep Lee Specialty Clinic open despite recent budget cuts that caused them to discharge more than 1,000 patients. June 24, 2026. (Kentucky Lantern photo by Sarah Ladd)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…

KY families urge lawmakers to restore funds for Lee Specialty Clinic

Families and advocates are pressuring Kentucky lawmakers to restore funding to a medical clinic that serves disabled adults.

Families, patients of disabled Kentuckians demand renewed clinic funding at hearing

Weeks after the state stripped $4.5 million in funding from the Lee Specialty Clinic, Kentuckians with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their caregivers demanded a reversal in a legislative hearing.

Families, staff and politicians push back on Lee Specialty Clinic cuts

Almost two weeks ago, staff at Lee Specialty Clinic in Louisville found out the facility is losing 80 percent of its funds due to state cuts.

Gov. Beshear working to help Louisville specialty clinic after budget cuts

Beshear says he is working to help Medicaid, behavioral health, and other services impacted by the General Assembly's budget cuts.

Opinion – Andy Beshear: Legislature’s senseless and avoidable budget cuts are hurting Kentuckians

In the last few weeks, my administration received a number of calls and emails from Kentuckians concerned about painful cuts to Medicaid, behavioral health services and senior meals. These are very real and valid concerns that I want to address. First, I want Kentuckians to know that these cuts were completely avoidable. In January, I put forward a balanced budget that funded the needs of our Department for Community Based Services; maintained b…