National Prostate Cancer Coalition

ED drug amendment passage puts lives at risk, says prostate cancer organization

Published in Law and Health Weekly, July 30th, 2005

Lumping thousands of victims of crippling diseases in with those who abuse the system, Congress has passed a ban of Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements for erectile dysfunction drugs.

"Erectile dysfunction drugs are not 'lifestyle' drugs to prostate cancer patients," said National Prostate Cancer Coalition CEO Richard N. Atkins, MD. "Men already have a great reluctance when it comes to paying attention to their health - significantly downsizing access to the opportunity to fight side-effects of life-saving treatments gives them another excuse."

U.S. Representative Steve King (IA-05) proposed an amendment to ban funding of erectile dysfunction drugs...

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Source: Law and Health Weekly (2005-07-30)

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