DAILY NEWS CLIP: May 19, 2025

CT officials poised to exceed budget cap to end Medicaid crisis


CT Mirror – Friday, May 16, 2025
By Keith M. Phaneuf

State officials are poised to legally exceed Connecticut’s spending cap for the first time in nearly two decades to avert a crisis in paying Medicaid bills — and to pave the way for a new two-year budget.

Both Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration and House Speaker Matt Ritter, D-Hartford, confirmed a tentative understanding to resolve the Medicaid shortfall expected to approach or exceed $300 million this fiscal year.

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