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ck4829

(34,977 posts)
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 11:38 AM Jan 2019

I don't get it, viagra costs more than transgender medical care in the military

Maybe if there was some sort of legislative body that controls the purse strings of the government and could say "Hey since Trump is so concerned about the cost of transgender medical care being so high even though viagra costs more, we should forbid the military from buying things like viagra"

I don't know, maybe if this entity existed...

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I don't get it, viagra costs more than transgender medical care in the military (Original Post) ck4829 Jan 2019 OP
Certainly RT Atlanta Jan 2019 #1
They don't care about medical care cost. They hate the "other". manor321 Jan 2019 #2
Yes, but Viagra is for men. Oneironaut Jan 2019 #3
The medical cost they are using as cover to discriminate. nt UniteFightBack Jan 2019 #4
Are any significant number of our soldiers taking Viagra? JayhawkSD Jan 2019 #5
Viagra for active military is more expensive than transgender care? dsc Jan 2019 #6
I don't know if that's such a great argument anymore fescuerescue Jan 2019 #7
Could you post a source for this claim? SharonClark Jan 2019 #8
If women can't have birth control or abortions blueinredohio Jan 2019 #9

RT Atlanta

(2,517 posts)
1. Certainly
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 11:41 AM
Jan 2019

And while on the subject of boner pills, the number of care providers that can issue prescriptions should be limited to only those with hospital admitting privileges, be limited to just a few out-of-the-way physical locations in each state that can dispense the pills, have a mandatory waiting period and on an on....

 

JayhawkSD

(3,163 posts)
5. Are any significant number of our soldiers taking Viagra?
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 11:46 AM
Jan 2019

For this original post to be relevant, that would need to be the case, and if so it might explain why we are losing all of the wars we have fought since WW2. If our soldiers were concentrating on fighting instead of fornicating, and if they could do the latter without the aid of a boner pill, we might be winning wars.

I expect a response saying that if women were fighting our wars we would win, and do so much more quickly.

dsc

(52,130 posts)
6. Viagra for active military is more expensive than transgender care?
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 11:47 AM
Jan 2019

That doesn't sound great for our active duty military.

fescuerescue

(4,448 posts)
7. I don't know if that's such a great argument anymore
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 11:55 AM
Jan 2019

Generic Viagra is only like 70 cents a pill now. I'm sure that transgender surgery and meds has gotten cheaper, but I would be surprised if a ~$5 a week by now.

And do young soldiers really need Viagra? I suppose given that we have 860,000 soldiers, that some would need it, but it can't be that many.

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