[Celtjew Libertarian]

I'm no fan of Medicare/Medicaid, but I don't knee how this differs from the government paying for medications that treat arthritis or gastrointestinal problems. It's medication that helps a part of the body that is not functioning correctly to function correctly.

Contrast this with birth control, which is medication that results in a functioning part of the body to dysfunction.

[Stoat]

I don't knee how this differs from the government paying for medications that treat arthritis or gastrointestinal problems

Arthritis and GI problems can be life-threatening, or at the very least inhibit the manner in which you are able to perform your required activities of daily living.  Sexual dysfunction is an entirely subjective 'quality of life' concern that is terribly easy, convenient and profitable to diagnose, particularly in an older population demographic that Florida is famous for, and has no bearing on ADL's.  It's also a 'condition' that has no rigid standard for diagnosis (pardon the pun)....essentially it's entirely based upon what the patient reports and is quite often impossible to verify scientifically..

As a Libertarian whose fellow travelers will frequently rail against big government and excessive government spending, I find it puzzling that you are equivocating on this story, particularly since the story suggests that massive fraud is involved.