Barbara Boxer: Why no Viagra complaints?

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45. Because insurance companies generally don't cover Viagra and other ED meds. They are paid

for out of pocket. I would bet you Hobby Lobby's insurance co doesn't cover them either.

Feel free to publish a list of those that do, with a link to where they say so, in writing. Especially in WA state. And no, the largest one, and the one that provides state employees insurance, Uniform Medical, does not. Neither do many of the larger group plans that I checked.

Which is why the Canadian business flourishes, and perhaps why the TPP appears to be trying to cut that off.

Just fyi - called Savon, asked the pharmacist who covers them, and she said the vast majority do not, though there are some private special arrangements in which people can pay for riders, but she said they are so infrequently seen that she couldn't even come up with a name.

Otherwise it's just typical bs from another politician. And not a very good argument if people start checking on it's veracity.

That said, I think they ought to pay for birth control and ED meds, and drive the costs down for users (like insurance is ever going to do that).

Both are important for our health.