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Court tells town to pay for man's Viagra - "quality of life" issue

News Type: Event — Seeded on Sun Jul 12, 2009 5:56 PM EDT
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Local authorities in Majorna, Sweden, must subsidize a 30-year-old impotent man's Viagra prescription, a court ruled.

The County Administrative Court ruled in favor of the man, who argued having sex is essential to a reasonable quality of life, The Local reported Saturday.

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Carloz
An assistance program in Majorna had denied the man's original request because Viagra, a drug used to treat erectile disfunction, was not included on a list of subsidized medicines.

Those Swedes are liberal, aren't they?

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  • 6 votes
Reply#1 - Sun Jul 12, 2009 5:59 PM EDT
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Loretta Kemsley

I wonder if they cover birth control, which the lack of definitely creates quality of life issues. Here in America, most insurance covers viagra but not birth control.

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  • 7 votes
Reply#2 - Sun Jul 12, 2009 6:37 PM EDT
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magsby47

This is exactly what I thought when I read the headline for this story. The pill has been around for 50 years, but still isn't covered by most ins., but as soon as Viagra was approved by the FDA, it went on almost US ins. company formularies.

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  • 3 votes
#2.1 - Mon Jul 13, 2009 4:47 AM EDT
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Loretta Kemsley

This isn't the first time I've heard the "quality of life" argument. It's pretty common. When the guys advocating it are asked if being free from worry about unwanted pregnancy isn't a quality of life issue to, they get real silent. Why should women have to worry constantly about an unwanted pregnancy when birth control would take away that worry? Why isn't reproductive choice a quality of life issue if that's the standard they want to argue?

Well, because it isn't a worry that men have -- and it frees women from living under male domination.

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  • 5 votes
#2.2 - Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:42 AM EDT
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ruthlessmoose

I'm glad my insurance covers birth control... I guess I managed to get a good one?

Quality of life is one thing. but subsidizing this dude's viagra cuz he didn't manage to get enough when it still worked... I dunno about all that. maybe I don't know enough about what all that entails...

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  • 2 votes
#2.3 - Tue Jul 14, 2009 10:28 AM EDT
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iconoclasm

This legal president could spell trouble for red sports cars and other compensational methods.

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  • 5 votes
Reply#3 - Sun Jul 12, 2009 7:33 PM EDT
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Lkessler

iconoclasm: you can say that again... *lol*

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  • 6 votes
#3.1 - Sun Jul 12, 2009 8:13 PM EDT
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Tessa-1107786

umm. quality of life, is that what they are calling it over there?

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  • 3 votes
Reply#4 - Sun Jul 12, 2009 10:45 PM EDT
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pudd

this is a hard one.... I am sure the man's evidence didn't stand up in court ..... how could he win?

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  • 2 votes
Reply#5 - Mon Jul 13, 2009 6:33 PM EDT
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Carloz

Hehehe...

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#5.1 - Mon Jul 13, 2009 8:10 PM EDT
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