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KEJC 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...
Aug 30, 20192 min read
KEJC Opposes Trump Administration's Efforts to Make LGBTQ+ Discrimination in Health Care Easier
Once again, the Trump Administration is hurting people who need health care. This time: LGBTQ folks and non-native English speakers.
Aug 14, 20191 min read
KEJC Outreach Coordinator Serves on Advisory Board for UK Health Study Corazones Saludables
By Allison Crawford Dr. Gia Mudd-Martin was working as a public health nurse in South America in the 1980s when she first heard about...
Jun 25, 20194 min read
Proposed Poverty Redefinition Would Only Make a Bad Situation Worse
By: Betsy Davis Stone Comments to the Office of Management and Budget: KEJC works with community partners and Kentucky’s Legal Services...
Jun 21, 20195 min read
Can 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...
Jun 12, 20192 min read
Stop the Debt Trap: Payday Lenders Need to be Reined In, Not Set Loose
Here's a .pdf of the letter (below) KEJC submitted to the CFPB regarding its proposed rollback of regulations governing payday lenders....
May 19, 20194 min read
#KYGIVES. Will you?
It's almost here! #KYGives19 arrives May 14th with opportunities for Kentucky Equal Justice Center to win hourly competitions and other...
May 3, 20191 min read
"This wolf comes dressed as a wolf."
On March 14, 2019, Ian Gershengorn of Jenner & Block represented Kentucky's plaintiffs in Stewart v. Azar in oral arguments before Judge...
Apr 7, 20191 min read
SNAP Time Limits Harm Underpaid, Underemployed Kentuckians
Brandon Lipps Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service U.S. Department of Agriculture Re: FNS Docket No. FNS2018-0004, Comments in...
Apr 7, 20194 min read
Talking Inclusivity, Brainstorming Change
Make a name-tag, sign-in, grab a color -- those were the first three steps when community members walked through the door of our first On...
Apr 5, 20192 min read
Federal Court Rules Against Kentucky Medicaid Waiver
Advocates Say Trump HHS Continues to Ignore Medicaid's Core Objective Washington - A federal judge ruled against the U.S. Department of...
Mar 28, 20192 min read
New Baseline Report Shows Kentucky’s Gains Under ACA, Medicaid Expansion
By: Kentucky Voices for Health, Insure Kentucky The University of Louisville’s Commonwealth Institute of Kentucky today released a report...
Mar 20, 20194 min read
EMERGENCY: Legislature Poised to Empower Bevin to Take Health Coverage from 450,000 Kentuckians
UPDATE Representative Moser has reaffirmed her promise to withdraw House Floor Amendment 1 from SB 167 on Tuesday. However, the dangerous...
Mar 7, 20193 min read
Construction Worker Reclaims $4,000
Just last month, a former Wage Claim Clinic client called us for a second appointment. We scheduled the appointment with a feeling of...
Mar 7, 20192 min read
Wanted: Health Law Fellow
Does the 🤓 emoji just stay in your "Frequently Used" tray on your emoji keyboard? KEJC is hiring a Health Law Fellow! The full job...
Mar 4, 20191 min read
West Virginia and Wyoming Reject Harmful Work Requirements for People with Medicaid
Last Thursday, lawmakers in Wyoming and West Virginia rejected proposals to impose a work requirement on people who get their health...
Mar 4, 20192 min read
House Bill 3: Expensive, Failed, and Illegal Policies
KEJC has drafted a letter explaining the ways in which House Bill 3 would impose illegal and/or unconstitutional restrictions on...
Feb 27, 20193 min read
Notes for Chase School of Law Talk re: Kentucky's Felon Disenfranchisement Practices
On February 19, I had a chance to speak to students at Salmon P. Chase School of Law at Northern Kentucky University about Kentucky's...
Feb 18, 20192 min read
Families USA Names Cara Stewart Consumer Engagement Health Advocate of the Year Award Winner
Press Release from Families USA on January 21, 2019 https://familiesusa.org/press-release/2019/families-usa-names-cara-stewart-consumer-e...
Jan 29, 20192 min read
Lawyers Without Rights: Traveling Exhibit Comes to Lexington
KEJC is proud to co-sponsor the exhibit “Lawyers Without Rights: Jewish Lawyers in Germany Under the Third Reich” at the Fayette Circuit...
Jul 16, 20181 min read
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