Medicare Forked Over $3.1M for Viagra for Seniors

Medicare improperly used around $3.1 million in taxpayer funds to give senior citizens free Viagra, something that’s supposed to be against the law, government investigators revealed today. As an erectile-dysfunction drug, Viagra is hardly essential medication, and Medicare “should not have covered these drugs,” said George Reeb, who led…

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Medicare Forked Over $3.1M for Viagra for Seniors

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