Medicare Benefit Will Cover Viagra
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Sexual performance drugs like Viagra will be covered by Medicare's new prescription benefit beginning next year, along with medications for other conditions like high blood pressure and heart disease, Health and Human Services officials said Tuesday.
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Most large employers will maintain prescription drug benefits for retirees after the Medicare drug insurance program begins in 2006, but many will be at reduced levels, according to a study released Tuesday.
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The figure, which provides the first glimpse of the true cost of the Medicare drug benefit, could touch off a political uproar.
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Men who take multiple blood pressure medications can also take Viagra without risking additional problems, according to a new study.
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NEW YORK  - Despite early criticisms, the Medicare Part D prescription drug plan has succeeded in boosting drug coverage among older Americans, especially for those who need it most, according to a University of Michigan analysis.
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Roughly 19 million people are expected to reap some savings from Medicare&#39;s new prescription drug benefit, according to an independent analysis released Monday.
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WASHINGTON A new survey shows many large employers will keep prescription drug benefits for retirees after the start of the Medicare drug program -- but at lower levels.
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Viagra, Pfizer Inc's PFE.N famous  impotence treatment, demonstrated great promise in a late-stage  clinical trial for use in treating the often fatal disease  pulmonary arterial hypertension, researchers said.
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WASHINGTON - Low-income seniors and those with extremely high prescription drug expenses will get the most from the new Medicare prescription drug benefit, according to a new study.
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When people enroll in a Medicare drug plan later this year, the first option for paying their monthly premiums will no longer be through a deduction in their Social Security check. Instead, the government will encourage beneficiaries to pay insurers directly.
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The US government health insurance plan for the elderly and disabled will pay for doctors to run PET brain scans to diagnose Alzheimer&#39;s disease, US officials said on Thursday.
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Viagra, Pfizer Inc's famous impotence  treatment, demonstrated promise in a late-stage clinical trial  for use in treating the often fatal disease pulmonary arterial  hypertension.
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Sexual performance drugs such as Viagra will be covered in Medicare's new prescription drug program, a lifestyle rather than lifesaving benefit that conservatives and watchdog groups say the government shouldn't provide.
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Medicare will be mailing out 1.8 million drug discount cards to low-income Americans who are eligible but have not yet applied. The cards will allow low-income earners to qualify for an additional $1,200 in
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The U.S. government on Tuesday  proposed expanding Medicare coverage for costly, potentially  life-saving implanted heart devices, a decision expected to  benefit makers Guidant Corp., Medtronic Inc. and St. Jude  Medical Inc.
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LONDON: Doctors are warning people not to buy the anti-impotency drug, Viagra, over the internet, because they have found conclusive evidence that it is usually fake and could lead to a number of side effects, including a heart attack.
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Viagra, the blockbuster impotence drug, will be paid for under Medicare's new prescription drug coverage, officials said on Tuesday.