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Medicare paying $36 MILLION a year for penis pumps as demand for erectile dysfunction treatment rises 500 percent
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 7110254:MV8xOTIyODY1XzMyMTkwMTM4XzEwODhBQUE1] What the hell do penis pumps and Viagra have to do with health care? [/quote]
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American taxpayers are spending $36 million a year on penis pumps to treat erectile dysfunction for Medicare patients -- and the amount is rising rapidly.
Since 2000, the cost of the 'medical devices' has grown 500 percent as more and more older men are looking to the government to subsidize their treatment of erectile dysfunction.
After a political uproar that led to the ED drug Viagra no longer being covered by Medicare, doctors began prescribing 'male vacuum erection systems' to patients -- at an average cost of $338 each
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