UK professor criticized Bevin’s Medicaid plan. Then he was fired, suit says.
The lawsuit filed Wednesday by Dr.
The lawsuit alleges that Mullins, 74, a former chair of the department of community dentistry and 40-year veteran of dental public health who also worked at the
Bevin's proposal -- which is still under consideration by federal officials -- would raise premiums and create job requirements for recipients of the ACA's Medicaid expansion, which provided 400,000 people with insurance, reducing the state's uninsured population from 20 percent to 7.5 percent. Bevin said the changes were necessary for financial sustainability.
"Our professional opinion is that the design of
Mullins notified Birdwhistell and Kyrkanides that he had submitted the comments during the open comment period. The comments were later posted online by "Save
The lawsuit says that Mullins believes Bevin and/or officials in his administration "communicated their displeasure with
"Upon information and belief, on or about
By August, the lawsuit says, Kyrkanides had told
Through the fall of 2016, the lawsuit alleges that Kyrkanides informed Mullins' colleagues they could no longer work with him on funded projects. Mullins then notified
In
Mullins and Childers filed the lawsuit Wednesday in federal court in
"For over a year the concerns in my complaint have heavily impacted me, several colleagues and my family," Mullins said. "What I experienced has no place in our state or in our land-grant university ... The need now is to inject transparency in the rays of bright sunlight on what has occurred."
The lawsuit says that the defendants harmed Mullins' constitutionally protected speech and violated his civil rights. Mullins is asking for punitive and compensatory damages in the case. Childers said they have witnesses to confirm some of the lawsuit's points and will seek others through discovery and depositions, including the identity of
Bevin's communications director,
"Neither
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