Connecticut's Medicaid program is expected to see $100M in cost overruns this fiscal year

Deep cuts in federal Medicaid assistance aren’t the only threat to health care for needy families and children in Connecticut.

Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration has identified major cost overruns in the entitlement program, known as HUSKY, which has struggled to stay out of the red since 2022.

Less than three months into the new fiscal year, the Department of Social Services, which oversees the majority of state Medicaid spending, expects to exceed its $3.7 billion line item by $100 million , Lamont’s budget staff reported in its last monthly report to the comptroller’s office.

The legislature authorized $284 million extra to cover Medicaid cost overruns in 2024-25. And the health care program topped its budget by $166.3 million in 2023-24 , according to records from the comptrolle