For the elderly and others, drugs are available that aid sexual experience. But insurers and Medicare won’t pay for them.

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Such medications are seen as lifestyle-related rather than medically necessary. Experts and patients don’t agree.

 

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When insurers and Medicare pay for women's birth control, they can pay for men's 'enhanced sexual experiences'. Do you really want another 65 year old be daddy to a newborn?

DorothySmith11 In Australia it is possible to get a rebate for them through private insurance

Seniors Unite!

And so?

I AGREE. Until they cover WOMEN'S HEALTH NEEDS ie; hormone therapy, treatment for health impacting symptoms/issues, men's recreational needs are a NON-ISSUE.

Boomers keep telling me I can't afford a down payment on my house but jokes on them bc they ain't get Viagra 😫😫😫

Medicare shouldn't pay and for God sake stop these annoying medical brace calls too. I think Medicare is funding ISIS..

The bastards won't buy me oysters and champagne either. Trump sucks.

Viagra etc are ridiculously expensive and you’re not going to die without them. So that’s why it’s not paid for.

Welp, there goes the “insurance pays for viagra but not birth control so it’s sexist” narrative

We need a congressional hearing!

Let's instead go over a number of Uterine Health medications that can quite literally change lives.. and are not covered. You can't show me a 70 year old woman that actually wants a pill induced fake boner.

If they do not pay for womens pills then this is great.

Damnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

“Cuz no one wants that visual.” -this senior citizen.

many medications for sexual health not paid for by insurance ie birth control, plan b, std, hiv

At least the elderly know how to do it compared to these modern day soy boys I can’t imagine a woman telling me everything I have to do both in the bed and out of the bed what a shame American man has become no balls just a cuck

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Tell the truth Washington post 100% coverage and ladies let me tell you what over and over and over again just a little fountain of youth 60 years old and I feel like a teenager life is good After low Testosterone diagnosis Moe Knows a woman’s satisfaction Always comes first

Um... my dad is on Medicare and it most certainly covers viagra. Won’t cover contraception though.

The Obama llama 🦙 whiplash.

Only WaPo has the bravery to fight for what really matters: elderly boners

I can just imagine her saying to the other members...The report of my death were greatly exaggerated.

That's hard to accept!

too much talk.. Give them there drugs

Well derp why should the tax payer be footing nthe bill for your bedroom antics.

Viagra has a generic version.

Gimme my sex drugs, Obama

so what, you can get them in generic form now for pennies

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