As Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court justices took up an issue on health care rates and the Right-to-Know Law during oral arguments in Harrisburg last week, they eyed the use of “middlemen” for government functions, specifically the extent to which records of contracts and subcontracts should be publicly available.
The court heard arguments May 5 in Dental Benefit Providers v. Eiseman and Department of Public Welfare v. Eiseman, agreeing to focus on various aspects of the Right-to-Know Law regarding financial records, trade secrets and possession of records in relation to the provision of Medicaid services.
