Lamont’s budget for CT is $230 million short

Jump in insurance costs put Lamont's budget proposal over spending cap

Rising healthcare costs are creating problems for the state’s budget, even pushing Gov. Ned Lamont’s budget proposal over the spending cap. The discovery that Lamont’s two-year, $55.2 billion proposal would need more than $100 million in additional funding each year for health insurance comes as lawmakers are working on their own plan. This puts Lamont’s budget proposal over the spending...

Lamont’s budget for CT is $230 million short

Employee health care costs would push Gov. Ned Lamont's spending plan more than $100 million over the spending cap in the next fiscal year.