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Congress puts an end to Viagra subsidies
October 24, 2005
Federal subsidies for users of Viagra
and other sexual performance drugs were ended by the U.S. Congress
on last Wednesday. The Senate on Wednesday passed without debate
and sent to the president legislation that ends Medicare and Medicaid
payments for erectile dysfunction drugs as part of a package that
extends medical help for the poor and provides unemployment benefit
aid to states hit by Hurricane Katrina.
This legislation extends very important benefits for people who
live on the edge of poverty. The measure ends federal Medicaid payments
for erectile dysfunction drugs with effect from Jan. 1, 2005 therefore
Medicare payments for such drugs will be terminated from Jan. 1,
2007. It's going to hamper men's health as it'll make the ED drugs
more expensive for its users.
Congress has made several attempts in recent years to end federal
subsidies for erectile dysfunction
drugs, but it became a reality only this time.
Visit here to read the complete story…. http://www.louisianaweekly.com/weekly/news/articlegate.pl?20051024k
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