New NY Law Bans Mail-Order Drug Mandates

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/14/nyregion/mandatory-mail-order-pharmacy-plans-banned-by-new-state-law.html?_r=1&hpw

Mom-and-pop pharmacies will be better able to compete with mail-order companies because of a bill that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has signed into law.

The bill barred insurers or employers from forcing patients to use mail-order plans for prescription drugs, except for plans negotiated by unions. Instead, consumers would be guaranteed the choice of having their prescriptions filled either through mail-order or at the local drugstore, without any added copayments or fees.