A story has surfaced that a large number of sex offenders are getting Viagra and it is being paid for by your tax dollars under a social program called Medicaid. Perhaps this explains the rash of sex offenses against young people around the country.
Audits by Comptroller Alan Hevesi’s office showed that between January 2000 and March 2005, 198 sex offenders in New York received Medicaid-reimbursed Viagra after their convictions. Those included crimes against children as young as 2 years old, he said
While I don’t think this was done intentionally, I do believe this is indicative of a larger problem. There are few things that the government runs that run efficiently or have oversight. Medicaid seems to be another item on a long list that falls into that category. For starters, why is it that no one is checking to see if these folks are on some kind of sex offender registry before we dole out Viagra. For that matter, why are we doling out Viagra to people on Medicaid? Medicaid costs enough without paying for someone to have sex. I think Medicaid should pay for those items that are medically necessary to sustain life. Things like blood pressure medication, heart medication as well as other medicines that sustain life. While a healthy sex life is good it should not be paid for by the taxpayer. Viagra and other “recreational” drugs should be paid for by the user. This should be like food stamps where a person pays for those things that are not necessary.
Let’s get back to the sex offenders. Here they are getting Viagra so they will be all pumped up to commit more sexual crimes. Isn’t that grand? Why is it that we do not allow criminals to buy guns but we will give sex offenders Viagra? Why is it that when a person comes in for a Medicaid prescription they are not checked out to ensure they are not a felon, or wanted, or a sex offender who should not have medication that allows him to get up for his next attack? I do not look at this as an invasion of privacy. As taxpayers, funding this program, we have a right to know that our money is being well spent. Senator Hillary Clinton, no stranger to sex offenders, had this to say:
“deeply disturbing and runs contrary to the purpose of Medicaid, which is to provide health care coverage for uninsured, low-income individuals.”
It is interesting she would find it terrible that tax money is being used for sex offenders to play quarry worker (get their rocks off). She seems to dismiss the fact that her hubby did the same thing. He committed sex offenses on the taxpayer dime. Perhaps this was part of his Medicaid package? I think any sex offender who attempts to buy Viagra or any other medication for erectile dysfunction should receive a stiff penalty.
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