Gov. To End Viagra Reimbursement For Sex Offenders

Convicted sex offenders have been getting Viagra and other erectiledysfunction drugs from Medicaid. Lawmakers are now in the process of putting an end to this. Medicaid spends an estimated $38 million a year on these drugs. All but $2 million of this money is on Viagra itself. ''We live in a world of limited resources, and those dollars could be spent more wisely," said chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Senator Charles E. Grassley. New York Governor George Pataki has already cut all public funding for the drugs and has proposed that legislation allow the state to target only the convicted sex offenders. New York Daily News latest ebusiness news