Pharmacy Choices Narrowed Under Reform Bill

So far unmentioned in the political debate over New York state's reform bill is a provision that would allow carriers and self-insurers to contract with pharmacies to provide drugs and then require injured workers to use those pharmacies. Mary Jeffords, president of Injured Workers of New York, said the provision will eliminate employees' use of the Injured Workers Pharmacy. This Massachusetts-based mail-order prescription house delays billing workers during legal disputes. "They're going to tell us where we can get prescriptions and where we can't," Jeffords said. "From now on an employ...