Scanlon renewed his call to provide the full bonuses, reporting it would cost at least an extra $99 million to keep what effectively amounted to a promise to remember and reward private-sector workers who risked their lives when the coronavirus struck in 2020.
The study cited “notable disparities” in emergency room visits with Black and Hispanic health insurance plan members more likely to seek emergency care and less likely to receive preventive visits.
Less than three months after the state closed the 2021-22 fiscal year with a staggering $4.3 billion surplus, Connecticut again is piling up the black ink in huge numbers.
Gov. Ned Lamont’s budget office reported Tuesday that the General Fund which covers the bulk of operating costs in the current, $24.2 billion budget is on pace for a $445 million surplus. That’s up $146 million from the $299 million cushion Lamont and lawmakers built into the latest budget when they approved it last May.