Delay in Suffolk plan to cut drug costs
Photo credit: iStock | Prescription medication spilling from an open bottle.
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A company hired by Suffolk County to wring $17 million in annual savings in employee prescription drug costs has postponed the start of the program.
The delay could cost $1.4 million a month, and it was unclear who will pay.
An email issued Saturday by Chief Deputy County Executive Dennis Cohen said the new administrator, OptumRx, would not begin April 1 as planned. Current coverage...
