make that anyone
Is there a constitutional right to a hard-on?
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.
-"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.
"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.
No one should get things like this from Medicaid.
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.
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.
Considering they are sex offenders, I would object if they paid for the medication themselves.
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?
These sex offenders should be cut off pronto...
(And I don't mean Viagra ;)
100% agree - why should taxpayers pay for folks to get wood? And paying for sex offenders to get it??? That's just insult to injury.
Then again, if the automatic penalty for sex crimes were castration, the question of Viagra would be rather moot.
Hey you govt pukes. Glad to know my hard earned tax dollars are going for this kind of crap.
Oh but you can't alienate a group of people there can we yu stupids.
The best govt is a very small govt.