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NY Sex Offenders Get Viagra Through Medicaid

By Jeralyn, Section Inmates and Prisons
Posted on Sun May 22, 2005 at 07:33:43 PM EST
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Via Raw Story we learn of the snafu in New York State whereby 198 sex offenders received Viagra through Medicaid. Here's the Press Release from the New York State Controller's Office.

After his Office found that in New York 198 Level 3 sex offenders are receiving Viagra paid for by Medicaid, New York State Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi has asked Michael Leavitt, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to change federal policies on distribution of the drug, Hevesi announced today. Level 3 sex offenders are those considered by the courts most likely to commit crimes again.

“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. 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 to Leavitt.

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    NY Sex Offenders Get Viagra Through Medicaid | 2 comments (2 topical)
    Re: NY Sex Offenders Get Viagra Through Medicaid (none / 0) (#1)
    by kdog on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:55:40 PM EST
    No one should be getting Viagra through Medicaid!

    Re: NY Sex Offenders Get Viagra Through Medicaid (none / 0) (#2)
    by Johnny on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:57:30 PM EST
    I have to disagree kdog, viagra, like all other drugs should be available scross the economic spectrum. Getting wood on demand should not be just for the rich!

    NY Sex Offenders Get Viagra Through Medicaid | 2 comments (2 topical)