Skeptical members of a state oversight panel wanted one more crack Thursday morning at a state plan to rein in pharmacy benefit managers.
But that hope ran aground when they discovered late Wednesday evening that arcane legislative rules do not allow a witness to testify online before a standing legislative committee, even during a pandemic.
Thus COVID-19, which has stricken a few state lawmakers lately, gets the blame for sinking scheduled testimony from Ohio Medicaid Director Maureen Corcoran.
So Sen. Bill Coley, West Chester Republican who is leaving the legislature at the end of the month due to term limits, was left to half-seriously lament: "I'm disappointed I didn’t get to engage with Director Corcoran again today."