July 27, 20179 yr Private insurance pays for Viagra? Viagra has medical uses other then ED, just like BCPills have medical uses other then birth control.
July 27, 20179 yr Viagra has medical uses other then ED, just like BCPills have medical uses other then birth control. Great! A govt program is covering a necessity for citizens/soldiers. :lol2:
July 27, 20179 yr WRONG! Show me one does. I've never seen it unless it's approved in very rare cases. For the vast majority it's not covered. I think most of were speaking for another use for it and for those people it's not covered.
July 27, 20179 yr Private insurance does not. This is wrong, most actually do they just put caps on the amount per month. Most scripts I've seen are capped at around 6 per month.
July 27, 20179 yr I believe the two largest Rx insurers Caremark and Express Scripts dropped Viagra in 2016 but Express Scripts brought it back in 2017. Levitra not covered with either. https://www.express-scripts.com/art/pdf/Preferred_Drug_List_Exclusions2016.pdf http://www.pembrokeconsulting.com/pdfs/CVS_Caremark_2016_Standard_Formulary-List_of_Excluded_Drugs.pdf
July 27, 20179 yr "By contrast, total military spending on erectile dysfunction medicines amounts to $84 million annually, according to an analysis by the Military Times — 10 times the cost of annual transition-related medical care for active duty transgender service members. The military spends $41.6 million annually on Viagra alone, according to the Military Times analysis — roughly five times the estimated spending on transition-related medical care for transgender troops." The military spends five times as much on Viagra as it would on transgender troops’ medical care Less than 10 percent of the prescriptions were for active-duty troops. According to the data, active-duty troops received just 102,885 scripts for ED meds, totaling $7.67 million. It's insurance like any other type of insurance, covers family members and retirees. Catchy storyline though, it's all over the web.
July 27, 20179 yr Author Less than 10 percent of the prescriptions were for active-duty troops. According to the data, active-duty troops received just 102,885 scripts for ED meds, totaling $7.67 million. It's insurance like any other type of insurance, covers family members and retirees. Catchy storyline though, it's all over the web. Okay. It's still the same (or more) than the costs listed as concerns for transgender members.
July 27, 20179 yr This is wrong, most actually do they just put caps on the amount per month. Most scripts I've seen are capped at around 6 per month. I was wrong, I found one company in Ohio that covers Viagra. Not sure if that's new or not, but it's one of the smaller carriers.
July 27, 20179 yr Look up BPH. If you have BPH there are drugs much more common and cheaper on the market like Proscar (Finasteride) that are used it much more regularly. Cialis is also the only current drug on the market (that I'm aware of) that had an FDA indication for the treatment of ED and BPH. And in general I have found no doctor that when they prescribe drugs like Cialis that they are intending treat BPH but for ED instead. Just too many cheaper and more affordable drugs on the market for BPH that are better options than Cialis, etc. Source: I'm a pharmacist Also if in the very rare chance that an insurance does cover Viagra or one of its similar competitors they will often only cover about 6 tablets per month. Most reject it and won't pay for it.
July 27, 20179 yr It is not just the cost of the operations, but those who have surgery are not available for duty. If they want the surgery, have it done, recover and then join.
July 27, 20179 yr Trump never seems to care who he offends. He could have very easily just cited the emotional and psychological effects of gender identification and transition, and its implications for battle readiness, without ever alluding to it by name.
July 27, 20179 yr If you have BPH there are drugs much more common and cheaper on the market like Proscar (Finasteride) that are used it much more regularly. Cialis is also the only current drug on the market (that I'm aware of) that had an FDA indication for the treatment of ED and BPH. And in general I have found no doctor that when they prescribe drugs like Cialis that they are intending treat BPH but for ED instead. Just too many cheaper and more affordable drugs on the market for BPH that are better options than Cialis, etc. Source: I'm a pharmacist Also if in the very rare chance that an insurance does cover Viagra or one of its similar competitors they will often only cover about 6 tablets per month. Most reject it and won't pay for it. I'll have to tell my physician that he made a mistake for prescribing Cialis and viagra for BPH then.
July 27, 20179 yr It is not just the cost of the operations, but those who have surgery are not available for duty. If they want the surgery, have it done, recover and then join. That kinda makes sense since we are still fighting the longest war in US history. I don't think it's a cost issue. As we've learned in this thread, it's about the same cost as active duty Viagra use.
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