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Lawmakers join KY’s largest addiction treatment provider to oppose Medicaid payment cuts

Lawmakers join KY’s largest addiction treatment provider to oppose Medicaid payment cuts

FRANKFORT — The state’s largest provider of drug and alcohol treatment is warning that looming cuts in Medicaid reimbursement to some providers could damage efforts to curb addiction that has engulfed Kentucky — just as the state is showing improvements. “Kentucky has made significant strides in access to treatment,” Matt Brown,

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‘Between rock, hard place:’ Will anyone ever have standing to challenge Kentucky’s abortion ban?

‘Between rock, hard place:’ Will anyone ever have standing to challenge Kentucky’s abortion ban?

LOUISVILLE — Lisa Sobel thinks any Kentuckian who has a uterus should have standing to challenge the state’s abortion ban.  The Kentucky Supreme Court and, more recently, a judge in Louisville, disagree.  Meanwhile, Sobel, one of three Jewish women challenging the ban on religious grounds, says she’s left in

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