Your Erection Has Been Called Off on Account of Rain

AP reports that as of today Congress has sent to the President legislation that ends Medicare and Medicaid funding for users of Viagra and other drugs for erectile disfunction.

posted Oct 21, 2005 | link | jump to the comments (1)

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I prefer to call menopause Age Related Ovarian Wasting Syndrome.
Last Spring, the FDA told women to just deal with AROWS-al symptoms.
Now, Congress is telling men to do the same, or at least to pay for their own.

- by Beverly on Oct 21, 2005 at 12:29 PM | link

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