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Milwaukee teachers fight for Viagra drug coverage |
2010-08-07 |
With the district in a financial crisis and hundreds of its members facing layoffs, the Milwaukee teachers union is taking a peculiar stand: fighting to get its taxpayer-funded Viagra back. The union has asked a judge to order the school board to again include Pfizer Inc.'s erectile dysfunction drug and similar pills in its health insurance plans. The filing is the latest in a two-year legal campaign in which the union has argued, so far unsuccessfully, that the board's policy of excluding erectile dysfunction drugs discriminates against male employees. The union says Viagra, Cialis, Levitra and others are necessary treatment for "an exclusively gender-related condition." |
Posted by:Beavis |
#10 When it comes to the budget, hard choices have to be made. |
Posted by: Swamp Blondie 2010-08-07 23:29 |
#9 You too, Eric. True as that may be. |
Posted by: Pappy 2010-08-07 22:40 |
#8 So, the taxpayers will get the shaft. |
Posted by: Eric Jablow 2010-08-07 22:11 |
#7 Go to your room, AC. |
Posted by: Pappy 2010-08-07 16:34 |
#6 And they say teachers are soft-headed.... |
Posted by: Blackbeard Angeanter6530 2010-08-07 15:53 |
#5 OK AC you get the "Punny" award. |
Posted by: Redneck Jim 2010-08-07 14:24 |
#4 I expect a stiff fight over this, but it appears that both sides are up for it. |
Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2010-08-07 13:15 |
#3 Having taught in inner city schools for many years, one does not arrive home with romance on one's mind. |
Posted by: borgboy 2010-08-07 02:25 |
#2 In a previous job, the insurance plan covered:
You can reach your own conclusions. |
Posted by: Eric Jablow 2010-08-07 00:18 |
#1 Recreational sex is a constitutional right, isn't it? |
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-08-07 00:13 |