Penis Pumps Are Currently Costing The U.S. Millions Of Dollars A Year
HA HA, we’re laughing, but secretly I wish I could pump my dick for a 25 year old!
Jan 13 (Reuters) – Penis pumps cost the U.S. government’s Medicare program $172 million between 2006 and 2011, about twice as much as the consumer would have paid at the retail level, according to a government watchdog’s report released on Monday.The report by the inspector general for the Department of Health and Human Services said Medicare, the government health insurance system for seniors, paid nearly 474,000 claims for vacuum erection systems, or VES, totaling about $172.4 million from 2006 to 2011. Yearly claims for the devices nearly doubled from $20.6 million in 2006 to $38.6 million in 2011.
According to the Mayo Clinic, penis pumps are one of a few treatment options for erectile dysfunction.Government waste is a major issue in budget talks in the U.S. capital as lawmakers try to reach agreement on a $1 trillion spending bill.”Medicare payment amounts for VES remain grossly excessive compared with the amounts that non-Medicare payers pay,” said the report, dated December 2013. “Medicare currently pays suppliers more than twice as much for VES as the Department of Veterans Affairs and consumers over the Internet pay for these types of devices.”If Medicare had adjusted its payments to approximately the price non-Medicare payers pay, the U.S. government would have saved an average of about $14.4 million for each of the six years, the report said.
“Considering the strain retiring baby boomers will soon be placing on Medicare’s budget, shouldn’t we be focusing this entitlement program on real, life-saving treatment and equipment to serve the health needs of seniors – instead of subsidizing penis pump purchases?” Ben Domenech of the Heartland Institute think tank said in an email statement.”And to those seniors who really do want one,” added Domenech, “just buy it yourself – you don’t need to send the bill to your fellow Americans.”
Get some Baby Boomers. Get your vacuum erected dick wet!
I love that everyone in the government and health industry knew that the Baby Boomer generation getting older was going to spell somewhat of a disaster. Just so many people getting old and retiring from work at the exact time can’t be good. But little did they know the major issue would be all these 60 and 70 year olds pumping their penises so they can still fuck their wives. Love it. Total curveball. And yeah, I get what Ben Domenech is saying, if you want to pump your penis, don’t make the rest of us Americans pay for it, but honestly, I’m ok with it. It’s a team sport out there. If a 65 year old guy wants to throw his penis vacuum on his medicare plan who am I to say no? That would make me a cock block, and an asshole. Guys don’t fuck with other guys trying to fuck. That’s day 1 guy stuff Ben. I don’t care how much it costs, you don’t stand in the way of a man and his artificially induced erection, you just don’t.
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I have no idea why I thought searching Penis Pump in google would give me a nice stock image to use for this blog but I did, and now I regret everything.
h/t Ric