State Releases $150 Million to Hospitals In Long-running Clash

[TexasTowelie]

For months, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has clashed bitterly with the state's hospitals about withholding key payments that the hospitals have been seeking.

Now, the Malloy administration has released $150 million to the hospitals, a budget spokesman told The Courant on Wednesday.

Gian-Carl Casa, a high-ranking official in the state Office of Policy and Management, said the supplemental payments were released on June 20.

The long-running clash has led to a major campaign by the hospitals that included extensive television commercials that complained about cuts.

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