Auditor blasts Bullock for vetoing pharmacy pricing bill

Montana State Audtitor Matt Rosendale blasted Gov. Steve Bullock for vetoing a bill backed by his office which Rosandale said in a release would have saved about 70,000 Montanans an estimated $8 million on medications in the first year alone.

“This bill was a Montana solution to lower prescription drug costs. It was sponsored by a Republican in the Senate and carried by a Democrat in the House, and passed with overwhelming bipartisan support,” said State Auditor Matt Rosendale. “It’s simply astonishing that Governor Bullock would side with the multi-billion-dollar drug companies instead of Mon...