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Subject As Cuomo grabs your guns, he now plans to deny mental patients of antipsychotic drugs!

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Buried in Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's proposed budget is a cost-cutting measure that would empower the state and health insurance companies to deny low-income mental patients the specific brand-name antipsychotic drugs their doctors prescribe, in favor of less expensive versions.

Some care providers worry that some of those patients could be dangerous without an effective drug or if they stop taking it. The proposal would cover antipsychotic drugs for patients suffering from an array of mental illnesses including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, personality disorders and deep depression.

The measure would save $9 million in state funds. It's part of Cuomo's $143 billion budget proposal, which also includes spending increases such as an extra $420 million in tax breaks for movie productions through 2019.

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