Male teachers in Milwaukee, WI, try to get erectile drugs like Viagra, Cialis and Levitra back to their insurance plans by taking the school board to court.
While the whole world is doing its best to not face layoffs, the teachers union in Milwaukee, WI, is taking legal actions against the school board in an effort to have erectile drugs included into their health insurance plans.
Male employees are determined that the exclusion of drugs like Viagra, Cialis and Levitra from their policies is discriminatory. They have been trying to argue this for the past 2 years.
The lawyers, however, believe that there is no discrimination against males and that Viagra and other erectile dysfunction drugs have been removed from the insurance plan in 2005 because they are used not out of medical necessity.
The annual cost of bringing Viagra, Cialis and Levitra back into the policy reaches approximately $786,000. This is the average salary of 10-12 school teachers, who are, by the way, getting layoff notices in large amounts.
Lawyers believe that the “ED money” should be spent on saving jobs and in other useful ways.
The teachers union, however, does not share the point of view of the school board lawyers. Teachers claim that erectile dysfunction oftentimes results in such serious condition as heart disease and prostate cancer. Moreover, Viagra, Cialis and Levitra are all approved by the US Food and Drug Administration and recommended by the American Urological Association.
