*1 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA

MIDDLE DISTRICT

PLAINS TOWNSHIP, INDIVIDUALLY AND : No. 8 MAP 2017 ON BEHALF OF ALL OTHERS :

SIMILARLY SITUATED AND PLYMOUTH : Appeal from the Order of the BOROUGH, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON : Commonwealth Court at No. 350 MD BEHALF OF ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY : 2016 dated January 24, 2017 SITUATED, :

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Appellants : : : v. : : : HOSPITAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF :

NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA F/K/A :

BLUE CROSS OF NORTHEASTERN :

PENNSYLVANIA, A PENNSYLVANIA :

NONPROFIT CORPORATION AND :

ALLONE FOUNDATION, A :

PENNSYLVANIA NONPROFIT :

CORPORATION, AND ALLONE :

CHARITIES, A PENNSYLVANIA :

NONPROFIT CORPORATION AND :

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, :

BY ITS OFFICE OF ATTORNEY :

GENERAL, :

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Appellees : ORDER PER CURIAM DECIDED: November 22, 2017

AND NOW, this 22 nd day of November, 2017, the order of the Commonwealth Court is AFFIRMED .

Justice Todd did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case.