Sex offenders pleasure up with Government-supplied Viagra

The recent news that New Jersey and some other states have been giving free Viagra to convicted sex offenders has become the hot issue for late-night TV hosts.

But the greater concern here that arises is what the Government is doing to control its exploding healthcare costs.

The state needs to check the policies in its HealthCare programs - Medicare & Medicaid - which supply its participants the Erectile Dysfunction (ED) drugs. Currently, the expensive ED Drugs could be prescribed when a physician deems it "medically necessary." Instead, ED drugs should be supplied when the man's condition is serious and not caused by the natural process of aging.

Also, these restrictions should be made applicable to the new Medicare prescription drug program for the elderly; where the impotence is merely a consequence of getting older or men wanting to enhance their normal performance.

There are other directions which require the dollar amount that goes into the ED prescriptions from the government. The prime one being extension of the health insurance to more children and expanding dental care for the poor.

It is high time now that the prescription of such drugs to sex offenders and to those who doesn't really fit in the criteria through a government funded supply is checked and brought under control for the benefit of the truly needy.