Rockland health providers protest Cuomo plan to force mentally ill to use generic drugs
Photo credit: Angela Gaul | Pharmacist Leon Greenbaum speaks with customer Julia Martin at the Prescription Drug Center in Tallman. (Feb. 20, 2013)
Carlucci protests Cuomo generic drug plan
Rockland County mental health professionals say they fear for their psychiatric patients' safety as Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo looks to cut more than $11 million in Medicaid spending by replacing brand-name prescriptions for the mentally ill with generic drugs.
Cuomo's elimination of "prescriber prevails" -- a provision that was restored in last year's state budget -- would affect people who take...
