Lamont Targets 'Corporate Welfare' with New Campaign Promise

Lamont targets 'corporate welfare' with new campaign promise

ROCKY HILL, Conn. (WTNH) — The gubernatorial campaign trail snaked through the parking lot of a Walmart in Rocky Hill on Thursday, where Gov. Ned Lamont vowed to penalize large corporations with employees enrolled in Connecticut's HUSKY Medicaid program. He says the policy would help shore up the state's health insurance exchange amidst rollbacks by [...]

Lamont Proposes $1,000 Charge On Large Corporations For Every Employee On Medicaid

Large companies and nonprofit organizations could find themselves paying hundreds of thousands of dollars or more to the state under a healthcare policy Gov. Ned Lamont’s campaign unveiled Thursday.

Lamont wants to charge companies with employees on Medicaid

Gov. Ned Lamont intends to propose a levy Thursday on major companies whose employees rely on Medicaid for health care, seeking at least $100 million in new annual revenue to offset federal cuts that have driven up the cost of coverage under the Affordable Care Act. The initial revenue target is roughly equivalent to the one-time subsidy the state is paying this year to offset the loss of federal tax credits that otherwise would have resulted in…