“We are not going to accept a settlement that is a sellout,” Krasner said in a news conference. “And from what I see, this is a sellout. The money is too low, the payments are too slow, and the money may never show.”
Shapiro’s spokesperson accused Krasner of “misrepresenting the facts to Pennsylvanians.
The national settlement “is the only way to jumpstart a billion dollars’ worth of treatment for communities in need any time soon,” said the spokesperson, Molly Stieber. “The alternative is to make families wait years for an uncertain outcome that could leave them with nothing.”
The state s top prosecutor and expected 2022 gubernatorial candidate has previously acknowledged the opioid epidemic’s cost is “far more than this deal” but said it would provide an infusion of funds for treatment and addiction and put in place significant controls on the industry. Shapiro s office said the settlement already gives local governments the ability to sue if they op