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Medicare to cover drugs for impotence

Medicare's new prescription benefit will cover sexual performance drugs, like Viagra, in addition to medications for such ailments as high blood pressure and heart disease, program officials confirmed Monday. The move into what some consider "lifestyle"--rather than life-saving--pharmaceuticals is being criticized by conservatives, who see it as an unnecessary frill for a program that already is projected to cost at least $400 billion over its first decade.

Read full news at The Los Angeles Times

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