HOSPITAL & HEALTHSYSTEM ASS'N v. COM.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan F. Bloom, Esq. , Philadelphia, Thomas Walter Dymek, Esq. , Harrisburg, Karl Stewart Myers, Esq. , Philadelphia, Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young, L.L.P., for The Senate of the Commonwealth of PA, Amicus Curiae.

Christopher B. Craig, Esq. , Harrisburg, Karen Spencer Kelly, Esq. , Philadelphia, PA Department of Treasury, for Treasury Department, Participants.

Kevin James McKeon, Esq. , Scott Thomas Wyland, Esq. , Hawke McKeon & Sniscak, L.L.P., Harrisburg, for PA Medical Society, Peter Daloni, M.D., Martin Trichtinger, M.D., Participants.

Amy Griffith Daubert, Esq. , Harrisburg, PA Department of Insurance, for Department of Insurance.

Gregory Eugene Dunlap, Esq. , PA Office of General Counsel, for Commonwealth of PA, Dept. of Insurance, Office of the Budget of the Commonwealth.

Barbara J. Holland, Esq. , Robert L. Pratter , PA Governor's Office of General Counsel, Kathleen Granahan Kane, Esq. , PA Office of Attorney General, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

James Daniel Neilson, Esq. , PA Governor's Office of General Counsel, for Office of the Budget of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Tara Lynn Smith, Esq. , PA House of Representatives, Nora Winkelman, Esq. , for Rep. Todd A. Eachus, Majority Leader of the PA House of Rep., Appellant Amicus Curiae.

Philip H. Lebowitz, Esq. , David Edwin Loder, Esq. , Philadelphia, Nina L. Russakoff, Esq. , Duane Morris, L.L.P., for Hospital & Healthsystem Assoc of PA, Geisinger Healthsystem, St. Vincent Health Ctr., Abington Memor.

Robert B. Hoffman, Esq. , Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Harrisburg, for American Medical Association, Appellee Amicus Curiae.

BEFORE: CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, ORIE MELVIN, JJ.