Summary
THE Register's editorial Sunday proclaiming that Gov. M. Jodi Rell had "prevailed on the state budget" includes several factual and analytical flaws that need to be addressed so a more comprehensive and accurate portrait of the bipartisan budget that was achieved in 2007 will emerge. The Register states that more school aid "opened the door" for spending on higher Medicaid reimbursements and increased state aid to nursing homes and nonprofit social services agencies.
It was Democrats who, prior to the start of the legislative session in January and well before the governor's February budget proposal, pledged to increase access to good quality, affordable health care by increasing Medicaid reimbursement rates and increasing the family income eligibility limits for the HUSKY program.See the full content of this document
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Forum: Democrats' Fiscal Efforts Successful
The governor may have sought more school aid in her budget -- as did the Democrats -- but she certainly did not "set the tone" or "give us a green light...
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