Connecticut hospitals received withheld payments totaling $150 million June 20, following a rift between the hospitals and Gov. Dannel Malloy's administration, the Hartford Courant reported.
Gov. Malloy suspended the payments after Connecticut's Office of Fiscal Analysis projected declining income tax receipts. Anticipated income tax revenues have decreased by about $200 million this fiscal year.
Throughout the rift, Connecticut hospitals ran campaigns in retaliation of the withholdings, the Hartford Courant reported. Gov. Malloy said large hospitals reel in huge profits each year, and released a list of hospital CEO salaries and benefits, the highest at $3.5 million a year.
Withheld payments have been released incrementally throughout the clash. In October, Gov. Malloy restored $14 million in funding to six small Connecticut hospitals.
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