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Cutting coverage for such drugs would save the state $14.9 million next year, said Budget Director John Cape.Also under the plan, Medicaid reimbursements to hospitals and nursing homes would no longer be tied to inflation, saving the state more than $306 million.

The Legislature rejected a similar proposal last year."It's another in a series of assaults on New York's hospitals and nursing homes," said Bill Van Slyke, spokesman for the Healthcare Association of New York State.

The advocacy group, which represents virtually all hospitals and nursing homes in the state, estimates Pataki's proposals could cost the industry up to $1 billion."We're holding our breath to see the details of whatever might be in store for health-care providers," Van Slyke said.

"For some facilities, they may be holding their last breath."The Pataki plan also increases emergency room co-payments from $3 to $25 for low-income New Yorkers covered by Family Health Plus, unless the visit is a proven emergency.

At the same time, there will be no increase in the state fund used to reimburse hospitals for treating people who cannot pay, which is now $840 million.Providers said Pataki's actions would hurt services in an already woefully underfunded system.

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The drugs were mentioned in the top three by eleven out of the twelve pharmacists interviewed.

Only Discount Pharmacy, situated along the Viva Tijuana open-air mall, omitted erectile dysfunction drugs from its top three sellers.

The Viva Tijuana mall is a main thoroughfare for tourists walking from the border to the Avenida Revolućion.

Tijuana's Neoline (otherwise known as Zoloft) Antibiotics, and Amoxycillin in particular, ranked second overall.

Three drugs, Propicia, Vicodin, and Retin-A, occupied third place.

Other drugs mentioned in the survey included anabolic steroids, oxy-contin, Propicia, Prilosec, Z-Pack, and Ultram.

None of the pharmacists interviewed included anti-depressants among their top selling drugs to foreigners.

“The price of anti-depressants here isn’t much different,” commented one pharmacist, who requested anonymity.

“Not many people buy them down here.” The informal survey was confined to two hundred yards from the San Ysidro border crossing and included pharmacies on the busy Via Amistad, along the Viva Tijuana esplanade, and in adjacent areas.

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