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

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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