MEDICAID PAYING FOR SEX OFFENDERS TO RECEIVE VIAGARA? NOT ANYMORE!

Tampa television station WFLA and the co-owned Tampa Tribune reported earlier this week that Florida's Medicaid program has been paying over the last four years up to $93,000 for 218 sexual offenders to receive Viagara and other erectile dysfunction drugs. This discovery was made in the wake of other states looked over their records after it was reported that New York State's Medicaid program had been providing 198 rapists and other sex offenders with similar products since 2000.

Such disbursments will be a thing of the past, not only for sex offenders but for anyone using Medicaid for erectile dysfunction drugs such as Viagara. The only exception will be for those patients using it in treating primary pulmonary hypertension, which could become a life-threatening condition.

Excuse me for being naive, but what the hell is Medicaid doing paying for Viagara and similar drugs when many recipiants have difficulty receiving disbursments for medications they need? Sorry, I can't see how this is medically necessary, especially for sex offenders. The taxpayer should not have to foot this bill!