(File Photo of State Representative Rob Matzie)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) The Pennsylvania House Health Committee heard testimony in Harrisburg today on legislation introduced by State Representative Rob Matzie called House Bill 2270. This bill would create a single Pharmacy Benefit Administrator model for all of the state-funded healthcare programs in Pennsylvania. Matzie also helped to lay the groundwork for the passage of Act 77 of 2024, which brought greater oversight and transparency to the practices of PBMs: third-party administrators that decide which drugs that consumers can receive, at what price, and how much dispensing pharmacies are reimbursed. According to Matzie, more action is needed as Pennsylvania’s small mom-and-pop pharmacies continue to fail as a result of PBM practices that favor large chains.