Medicare has offered taxpayers a bitter pill after spending $3.1 million in wrongful payments for Viagra and other sexual dysfunction drugs that are prohibited from coverage, the New York Post reported.
A government report revealed that Medicare, which is supposed to reject payment for sex drugs, approved payouts in 2007 and 2008 after checking the requests against a faulty list of banned drugs, according to the Health and Human Services inspector general.
The $3.1 million is a drop in the $133 billion bucket for Medicare drug benefits, but the inspector general recommended that the agency fix the error and attempt to recoup the money.
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last commentAnother example of why I don't want government involved in much of anything. Have you seen the people that work for the government?!
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Once again, John Q Public gets stiffed by the government.
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ss1,
NOW WAIT A MINUTE!!!
Are you trying to spew your vitriol on here, that our government screwed up???
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