3 days ago2 minHB 1: Wrong Bill, Wrong TimeIn the last days of the General Assembly, we urge Kentucky senators to set aside or vote no on HB 1. HB 1 would add barriers to our public benefit system, an...
3 days ago6 minQuestions and Some Answers About Gov. Beshear’s Suspension of Evictions in KentuckyOn March 25th, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear issued Executive Order 2020-257. As part of the emergency effort to contain the spread of COVID–19 in Kentucky,...
5 days ago3 minGet the help you needWe're in this together Don’t be afraid to ask for help. You deserve it. State and federal officials are changing public benefits programs in response to the ...
Mar 184 minSenate Bill 11: Still Bad, UnnecessaryGood morning my name is Ben Carter. I'm the Senior Litigation and Advocacy Counsel for a statewide nonprofit law firm called the Kentucky Equal Justice Cente...
Feb 202 minKEJC Requests that Representative Meade Produce the Studies Showing Widespread Fraud House Bill 1 contains harmful, unnecessary barriers to Kentucky's public assistance programs.
Feb 182 minDC Circuit Court of Appeals Rejects Arkansas Work RequirementsIn an unanimous decision last Friday, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed Judge Boasberg’s finding that Secretary Azar had acted arbitrarily and caprici...
Jan 154 minSenate Bill 11: A Bad, Unnecessary BillSenior Litigation and Advocacy Counsel Ben Carter testified this morning in a Senate committee hearing in Frankfort against Senate Bill 11. Here are his prep...
Dec 23, 201914 minKEJC Comment Strongly Opposing Proposed Public Charge QuestionnaireDecember 20, 2019 To: Carl C. Risch, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Department of State Re: Docket Number: DOS-2019-0037: Agency Informatio...
Dec 23, 20193 minKEJC Comment Opposing Approval of Tennessee’s Medicaid Block Grant ProposalSecretary Alex M. Azar, II United States Department of Health & Human Services Washington, DC via electronic submission RE: Comment Opposing TennCare Waiver ...
Dec 16, 20192 minMedicaid Expansion Saved My LifeGood afternoon! My name is Debra Wittig. I am here today as one of almost half a million Kentuckians who have health insurance because of Medicaid expansion....
Dec 4, 20194 minIt's election timeKEJC seeks a legal services Attorney, Paralegal and Support Staff Representative to our board. Under our bylaws, Staff Reps are elected by their fellow empl...
Dec 3, 20194 minMaxwell Street Legal Clinic Turns 20: Q&A with Co-founder Marilyn DanielWe are celebrating 20 years of MSLC! What is the story of how it began? It all began with a Roman Catholic priest, Father Jay, and a Presbyterian seminarian,...
Oct 11, 20191 minKentucky's Proposed Changes to Medicaid Before the DC Circuit Court of Appeals TodayHere is the audio from today's oral arguments in our challenge to the federal government's approval of the harmful, unnecessary changes Governor Bevin wants ...
Sep 12, 20193 minUnfair Changes to Fair Debt Collection Practices Favor Corporations over ConsumersBefore coming to KEJC, I regularly confronted unfair debt collection practices as an attorney at AppalReD Legal Aid in Eastern Kentucky. Many of my clients w...
Aug 30, 20192 minKEJC Stands Against New Public Charge Rule The Trump administration's discriminatory and harmful new public charge rule is set to take effect October 15th, but it is not going unchallenged. Public ser...
Aug 14, 20191 minKEJC Opposes Trump Administration's Efforts to Make LGBTQ+ Discrimination in Health Care EasierOnce again, the Trump Administration is hurting people who need health care. This time: LGBTQ folks and non-native English speakers.
Jun 25, 20194 minKEJC Outreach Coordinator Serves on Advisory Board for UK Health Study Corazones SaludablesBy Allison Crawford Dr. Gia Mudd-Martin was working as a public health nurse in South America in the 1980s when she first heard about promotoras. “Promotora”...
Jun 21, 20195 minProposed Poverty Redefinition Would Only Make a Bad Situation WorseBy: Betsy Davis Stone Comments to the Office of Management and Budget: KEJC works with community partners and Kentucky’s Legal Services Corporation (LSC)-fun...
Jun 12, 20192 minCan the State Collect Medical Debt for UK Healthcare?Can one medical provider in Kentucky use the state Department of Revenue to collect money it claims its patients owe by: levying bank accounts and paychecks,...
May 19, 20194 minStop the Debt Trap: Payday Lenders Need to be Reined In, Not Set LooseHere's a .pdf of the letter (below) KEJC submitted to the CFPB regarding its proposed rollback of regulations governing payday lenders. Dear Bureau of Consum...
