HARRISBURG — For more than two decades, state lawmakers from both parties have pushed for a new law to crack down on fraudulent government spending and encourage whistleblowers to come forward.
Each time, powerful health care and business interests stunted those efforts, arguing the legislation would lead to a deluge of frivolous lawsuits and put struggling rural hospitals out of business.
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