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Debate Over Formulary Bill Triggers Calls of Profiteering, Self-Dealing

By J. Todd Foster (Reporter)

Thursday, June 8, 2017 | 1

A Pennsylvania bill that proposes adoption of a nationally recognized, evidenced-based drug formulary has spawned a feud between the lawmaker sponsoring it and a claimants’ attorney who has taken the battle online. Philadelphia lawyer Samuel Pond of Pond Lehocky Stern Giordano said Wednesday that House Bill 18 is a giveaway to the insurance industry and “another erosion of the grand bargain with regard to injured workers getting benefits.” Rep. Ryan Mackenzie, R-Lehigh, has said his legislation would curb the state’s opioid crisis, among the worst in the nation, a...

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