A Medicare mistake: Paying for Viagra

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A Medicare mistake: Paying for Viagra

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The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General concluded that the program paid more than $3 million in 2007 and 2008 for this drug, even though it is against the law for Medicare to pay for Viagra prescriptions.

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