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Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman
Then Enlighten Me Oh Wise One..... 
How about you post the passage in the health Care bill that gives the Sex Offenders Viagra......instead of being a #^&#^&#^&#^& |
how about pulling your head out of your ass and checking the congressional record from yesterday to see what all of the fuss was about... instead of whining like a welfare recipient to give you what you want when you could just as easily get on you own? maybe you should expand your information source for politics beyond a fishing website
ABC News' Z. Byron Wolf reports:
Here's where we are with the health reform bill. One of the beautiful things for Democrats about the budget reconciliation process they are using to tweak their health reform law is that the bill is not filibusterable.
The beautiful thing for Republicans is that any old amendment can be offered and get a vote.
Sen. Tom Coburn has released his list of amendments to the reconciliation bill. Democrats will try to defeat all the amendments, if possible, to avoid another vote in the House.
But Republicans will make that goal as tough as possible.
So the first amendment Coburn is offering is pretty tough, politically, to disagree with.
It would ban the government from covering erectile dysfunction medication for sex offenders who get their insurance on the exchanges.
While banning the coverage of those drugs would save money, it would also create new policy. And under budget rules, would probably need 60 votes instead of the 51 usually required during budget reconciliation.
Either way, Democrats will probably have to plug their noses and vote against the amendment. Then they’ll be on record with the vote.
You can imagine the campaign commercial… cue scary music… “Politician X wants to give Viagra to sex offenders…”
The full list of Coburn’s amendments (he’s only one Senator, expect many many more) is below, as released by his office:
No Erectile Dysfunction Drugs To Sex Offenders – This amendment would enact recommendations from the Government Accountability Office to stop fraudulent payments for prescription drugs prescribed by dead providers or, to dead patients. This amendment also prohibits coverage of Viagra and other ED medications to convicted child molesters, rapists, and sex offenders, and prohibits coverage of abortion drugs.
(Note: the creation of exchanges could allow sex offenders to receive taxpayer-funded Viagra and other ED drugs unless Congress expressly prohibits this action – see additional background attached)