CT Joins Suit Alleging CVS Overcharged Medicaid Programs

Lamont, CT lawmakers seek an agreement to fix a $300 million Medicaid deficit

House Speaker Matt Ritter (D-Hartford). (Molly Ingram / WSHU)Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont and the state's Democratic legislative leaders are at odds over how to fix a projected $300 million Medicaid deficit before next Wednesday's deadline.“We've got to make some cuts to make sure that this is all honestly balanced. But we’ll get there. We always do,” Lamont said earlier this week,He was optimistic that he’d reach an agreement with Democratic leg…

NORWALK.- Attorney General William Tong announced that Connecticut joined three states in a civil complaint of irregularities against CVS Health, Inc, joining his already extensive list of recent federal lawsuits. The lawsuit alleges that CVS Health and its subsidies overcharged the four states' Medicaid programs for prescription drugs after filing “false and fraudulent claims”, violating state law. The lawsuit was filed in the Washington DC jud…