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Medicare Viagra Bill 
The recent Medicare prescription-drug
bill has raised a lot of controversy. Conservatives and
watchdog groups are opposing the move to cover Sexual performance
drugs such as Viagra in Medicare's new prescription drug
program..
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The recent Medicare prescription-drug bill has raised a
lot of controversy. Conservatives and watchdog groups are
opposing the move to cover Sexual performance drugs such
as Viagra in Medicare's new prescription drug program. Under
the prescription drug benefit in the Medicare Prescription
Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003, Medicare
will pay for Viagra, Cialis and Levitra, beginning on Jan.
1, 2006 .
Conservatives feel it is too expensive as the new mandate could cost Medicare $100 million a year. Should Medicare pay for impotence drugs, like Viagra? That's the hot debate. Doctors say "yes," but only under certain circumstances.
To put it simply, should America 's younger generation pay for enhancing their grandparents' love life? But the issue here is not just that. Erectile dysfunction is often the first sign of a circulatory disorder and if we're going to improve the quality of life for our citizens, there's no reason it shouldn't be a covered benefit. Including the drug in Medicare coverage would cut costs to individual patients and make it easier for them to pay for their treatment. However, not everyone believes Viagra to be medically necessary. Rep. Gil Gutknecht, R-Minn., who opposes the Medicare Modernization Act, in a statement he said, "If we are going to be paying for Viagra now, sooner or later we will be paying for other recreational drugs. This only reinforces my belief that this will be far more expensive than any of the projections we saw before passage. Congress should revisit this before the genie is completely out of the bottle."
Most people think of those drugs as recreational, and that's
why some members of Congress are trying to stop Medicare
from covering them. But the medications have a more serious
purpose. Doctors agree Medicare should not pay for the drug's
recreational use, but they insist that medical reasons are
another matter. The arguments put forth by conservatives
do not actually hold true. Their argument is that drugs
like Viagra are only life-style drugs and not life-saving
drugs; hence they should not be covered by health benefits
programs. But at the same time, they do not acknowledge
that Viagra and similar
drugs work to improve the quality of life. Erectile Dysfunction
afflicts millions of men and it affects a man on both a
personal and sexual level. Drugs like Viagra which treat
impotence should be covered because they address one of
the basic needs of humanity. Moreover, recent research shows
that Viagra can be used to treat enlarged hearts. The conservatives
also misinterpret the use of Viagra among younger men and
gay men as a promotion of promiscuity. This argument is
wholly untenable. The drug is not at fault but how we make
use of it. Now that Erectile Dysfunction is a lot more recognizable
because the solution got easier, we should support all efforts
for making it more accessible as well.
The main issue at stake is that if the problem of erectile
dysfunction can be traced to a medical condition other
than age, then the bill to cover the impotence drugs such
as Viagra, Cialis and Levitra drugs should be supported.
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