No more Viagra: Rising costs might cost Cincinnati retirees coverage for impotence drugs [View all]
Cincinnati's cost cutting is about to get personal for retirees who use their city insurance for Viagra and other drugs that treat impotence.
City Manager Patrick Duhaney sent a memo to City Council last week outlining his plan to eliminate most coverage for erectile dysfunction medication, a move he said would save Cincinnati's retirement system about $425,000 a year.
Current city employees lost their Viagra and Cialis coverage last year in a similar money-saving measure.
In his memo, Duhaney said ending such coverage is necessary because of "the challenges of a constantly changing health care industry and the dynamics of persistent cost increases."
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