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Federal shutdown brings chaos to legal fight over KY Medicaid

By John Cheves, Lexington Herald-Leader

Attorneys for the federal government have asked to postpone a lawsuit that could decide the fate of Kentucky's $9.7 billion-a-year Medicaid program and the tougher eligibility rules that Gov. Matt Bevin seeks to impose, because the partial government shutdown cut off their salaries nearly a month ago.

However, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in Washington indicated Thursday that he's inclined to only grant one-week delays in briefing deadlines in the case, to give the unpaid lawyers some breathing room, unless the state of Kentucky is willing to postpone changes to Medicaid that are scheduled to begin April 1. Postponing the changes is not an option, state officials say.

Read more at kentucky.com




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