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Sex offenders get Viagra paid for by Medicaid
CNN ^ | 5/23/05 | CNN

Posted on 05/23/2005 3:17:23 PM PDT by Feiny

New York's comptroller urged the nation's top health official Sunday to ban high-risk sex offenders and convicted rapists from receiving Viagra paid for by Medicaid.

"Federal, state and local reimbursement for the cost of erectile dysfunction drugs for sex offenders raises serious policy considerations and has the potential to place the public at risk," Comptroller Alan Hevesi wrote Michael Leavitt, secretary of Health and Human Services.

"I am asking that you take immediate action to ensure that sex offenders do not receive erectile dysfunction medication paid for by the taxpayers. I urge you to take administrative action to remedy the situation or draft an amendment to the underlying statute as appropriate," Hevesi wrote.

Hevesi said his office found that from January 1, 2000, through March 31, 2005, 198 Level 3 sex offenders received Medicaid-reimbursed Viagra after being convicted of a sex offense. Sex offenders are those convicted of crimes such as rape, sexual abuse, and sexual conduct against a child.

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KEYWORDS: viagra
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Why are we paying for anyione to get this drug?
1 posted on 05/23/2005 3:17:23 PM PDT by Feiny
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To: feinswinesuksass

make that anyone


2 posted on 05/23/2005 3:18:03 PM PDT by Feiny (Some people just need killing.)
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To: dead

Is there a constitutional right to a hard-on?


3 posted on 05/23/2005 3:20:36 PM PDT by Feiny (Some people just need killing.)
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To: feinswinesuksass

If there ain't, there should be.


4 posted on 05/23/2005 3:21:42 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: dead

But, will that lead to govt. paid hookers?
(insert joke here)


5 posted on 05/23/2005 3:23:08 PM PDT by Feiny (Some people just need killing.)
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To: feinswinesuksass

Almost all drugs should be withheld from non-paying felons IMO.
The prescription drugs should be limited in anyway unless the person is paying for them.

Nobody has the right to be a ward of the state after 18 as far as I am concerned.


6 posted on 05/23/2005 3:23:10 PM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: feinswinesuksass

Well the pursuit of Happiness is in the Declaration of Independence.


7 posted on 05/23/2005 3:24:37 PM PDT by SF Republican
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To: feinswinesuksass

-"I am asking that you take immediate action to ensure that sex offenders do not receive erectile dysfunction medication paid for by the taxpayers. I urge you..."-

"...to refer them to retail outlets where they can purchase these drugs on their own!"

HELLLLLOOOOOO! High-risk sex offenders should NOT be set loose on the public AT ALL. DUH. DUH. DOUBLE-DUH.


8 posted on 05/23/2005 3:33:31 PM PDT by AmericanChef
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To: feinswinesuksass

"why are we paying for anyone to get this drug?"

Uh, I believe the master clinton was on watch then(1998) and probably thought iy was a necessity that any criminal have access to this drug just as he probably had.


9 posted on 05/23/2005 3:33:57 PM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
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To: feinswinesuksass

No one should get things like this from Medicaid.


10 posted on 05/23/2005 3:34:30 PM PDT by SoDak
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To: SF Republican

If a penis is involved in any way, the law must affirm. You're not seeing half the interest in free love for nuns, same-sex marriage for women, or lesbian priests -- they don't have the right sexual equipment to interest the lawmakers.

If the day ever comes when both church and state can stop their obsessive focus on the penis, perhaps we will go back to getting some actual work done in the world.


11 posted on 05/23/2005 3:35:51 PM PDT by KateatRFM
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To: feinswinesuksass

This Viagra crap is getting to be too much. Commercials all over the television , Spam in my email. now Medicare is paying for it? If an oldster cant afford his own Viagra he shoudl put it back in his pants and forget about it.


12 posted on 05/23/2005 3:35:59 PM PDT by sgtbono2002
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To: sgtbono2002

Yeah, forget about the necessities like blood pressure medication, cholesterol lowering statins....what they need is more viagra!!!


13 posted on 05/23/2005 3:40:43 PM PDT by Stellar Dendrite (Allen/DeLay '08!!)
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To: feinswinesuksass
Ya know, just when you think you've heard it all...

I'd rather waste my anguish spitchinh about the UN or the illegal invasion, now I have to worry about kids getting porked by released pedophiles on government funded Viagra...

Yikes.
14 posted on 05/23/2005 3:41:22 PM PDT by mmercier (the king in yellow)
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To: SoDak
No, It's vital for Americans to get free boners, I think it's "pursuit of happiness" part of the life, liberty thing...

Anyone know if you can apply for rogain as part of the Medicaid program? we need to sap more money from the program so people stop getting those other life saving drugs...
15 posted on 05/23/2005 3:41:50 PM PDT by Atomicfever
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To: feinswinesuksass

How long before prisoners doing time on weapons charges start getting fresh ammo paid for by the U.S. Military?

How long before those few folks who actually end up in jail for drunk driving start getting booze on the "big house"?

How long before imprisoned spammers and hackers start getting new computers courtesy of Uncle Sam?


Oh, but us law-abiding folks; no gracy for us! Oh no. We pay full price for all of it; cash on the barrel head.

And how.


16 posted on 05/23/2005 3:42:08 PM PDT by HKMk23 (Ladies, "No" should not mean "No"; it should mean "Don't even THINK it or I'll for real KILL you!")
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To: feinswinesuksass
I am asking that you take immediate action to ensure that sex offenders do not receive erectile dysfunction medication paid for by the taxpayers.

Considering they are sex offenders, I would object if they paid for the medication themselves.

17 posted on 05/23/2005 3:45:02 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Andrew Heyward's got to go!)
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To: feinswinesuksass

Coming off a 5 year contract to rewrite the NYS Medicaid computer systems, I believe that most NY Medicaid recipients (excuse me, "clients") have almost unlimited access to viagra.
(Meanwhile, the rest of the us poor taxpayers have to beg their physicians for a 3 month prescription for 6 of the little blue tabs.)

The NYS Medicaid funds come from Federal, State and local/county taxes - in sort of a 50 - 35 - 15% arrangement.

And, finally, you have to ask yourself - are these the people we want reproducing?


18 posted on 05/23/2005 3:53:55 PM PDT by d2e
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To: feinswinesuksass
You guys are reactionaries. Here a new FR thread showing how much more Germany does:

Unemployed offered brothel discount

19 posted on 05/23/2005 3:58:35 PM PDT by drpix
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To: feinswinesuksass

These sex offenders should be cut off pronto...

(And I don't mean Viagra ;)


20 posted on 05/23/2005 4:04:37 PM PDT by mikrofon (Wack Job)
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