Healthcare

No Government Wood

Digby doesn't want government money paying for Viagra and other ED medications.

It's worth noting that up until 2007, Medicare covered Viagra. So the days of government wood are over. But if a woman is unable to have a legal medical procedure using insurance she paid for with her own money, then the new health exchanges shouldn't pay for Viagra either.

Adding... One thing that's been circulating through my head about Stupak. I wonder how long it'll be until one of the congressmen who voted for the amendment will suddenly get nabbed having an affair with a woman who had an abortion that was paid for by the congressman. But there's nothing illegal about that, of course -- using money from a government salary to pay for an abortion. For now. And that's why Stupak language is so dangerous.