Barbara Boxer: Why no Viagra complaints?

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43. Or you could recognize ED is a pathology and pregnancy is not

And that has played into the insurance industry's hand.

The traditional view of pathology is a dysfunctional departure from normal function, and that has allowed insurance companies to require birth control and maternity coverage to cost extra and to create an expectation in many minds that things should be that way.

I agree it's an ugly issue, but that hangs more on insurers abilities to avoid pay-outs, than it does with preference for men.

Where health care funders can avoid costs they do. That's also true for pills for erectile dysfunction.

Older men have this problem more than younger men, and pharmaceuticals for erectile dysfunction aren't covered by medicare. It requires selecting a Part D supplemental that includes and covers the pill a man's MD prescribes.