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To: zurdo who wrote (1801)	4/29/1998 8:43:00 PM
From: James Baker	Respond to of 9523

zurdo: Anthony, it would seem to me that if insurance companies have been covering the earlier less successful ED drugs, it would be extremely difficult to justify, to insurance regulators, their refusal to cover Viagra prescriptions simply for the reason that Viagra is a more effective, thus a more popular drug. >>>>>>>>> Previous treatment are NOT less effective for the most difficult to treat cases of ED so your assumption and conclusions are both worng. There are many thing that health insurance does not cover. Many indemnity plans (unlike HMOs) do not even cover childhood immunizations even though these are well known to prevent illness and even save lives. As as the woman in the NYTimes piece pointed out infertility work up and treatment is very limited in coverage. Jim