Next step in the ACA: Eliminate Viagra ! No birth control pills, then no viagra and

[mfcorey1]

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penis pumps.

[calimary]

1. TOTALLY behind this!!!

I don't want to pay for any old coot's Viagra. NOR their Cialis with the two-bathtub commercials. NOR any of these others. What the hell????

Sauce for the goose? Then sauce for the gander, too.

I wish the women in the House and Senate (Dems most reliably) would start doing this. Add amendments! Keep adding those amendments, tying birth control coverage to Viagra coverage. We don't get ours? Well then, YOU don't get YOURS, either!!!!

ABSOLUTELY!!!!!!!!

Taste of their own medicine. See how they like it.

[Benton D Struckcheon]

2. Yep.

Also those ridiculous "Low-T" thingies: ways of old guys getting testosterone hormones. This kind of thing should have been brought up right away; not that they'd pass, but it would at least introduce the idea that if women are going to be denied hormones and medications that are important to their health, so should the men.

[oldandhappy]

3. absolutely!!

I agree totally. Will watch for someone to start a petition or something. Will sign.

[3catwoman3]

4. Damn right!

For the most part, those of an age to need these meds are past the age of wanting to father children, so the PRIMARY purpose for them is obviously recreational sex, not procreative. No sauce for the gander if the goose has to end up being endlessly preggers.

[Bandit]

5. It is called Spite.

I don't buy this type of thinking.

[City Lights]

6. Absolutely!

[FLyellowdog]

7. Actually this is an apples/oranges discussion...

Conservatives believe that the use of birth control pills in some way causes abortions by not allowing the zygote to adhere to the uterine wall thus causing it to die. It's the abortion connection, not birth control per se. Viagra et al does not cause these "abortions" so those meds are ok.

Or at least that's the way I see it...plus Viagra is for males while birth control pills are for females. Standard operating procedural thinking for the GOP with a few skewed beliefs thrown in.

[mfcorey1]

9. Since it enhances the male erection and possibly dissemination of sperm,

it fits in to the conception process. Anything that touches that issue is fair game.

[bornskeptic]

8. A rather silly post, since insurers aren't required to cover Viagra. and most don't.

If you have a religious objection to old guys having sex with their wives, you're quite free to provide insurance for your employeesthat doesn't cover ED medications. If you really think there is a parallel, wouldn't it make more sense to add a mandate for such coverage to the ACA?

[Warren DeMontague]

10. There was a song I used to hear on this indie radio station about "Viagra Falls"

funny shit, can't find it... all I get is some techno gunk. It had a sort of ironic alt-country feel to it. Sigh. Lost to the mists.

[Boom Sound 416]

11. Is the reason why one is covered and one isn't

Because of dr's prescription?