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To: RT who wrote (12571)	8/4/1998 2:09:00 PM
From: AlienTech	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 23519

Gee wiz, no free wack off in germany.. Could England be next? 03:23 PM ET 08/03/98 German patients must pay for Viagra, panel rules COLOGNE, Germany, Aug 3 (Reuters) - A key panel ruled on Monday that German public health insurance funds should not pay for patients' use of the anti-impotence drug Viagra. The Federal Committee of Doctors and Health Funds said it had decided for financial reasons that patients should have to pay for Viagra themselves. Committee chairman Karl Jung told reporters his panel's recommendation would become binding unless the German government lodged an objection within the next two months. Health Minister Horst Seehofer has already spoken out against the public health system financing treatment with Viagra, made by U.S. company Pfizer . Seehofer said in June such a move would cost the health system billions of marks (dollars). Seehofer also said then that he expected authorities to apporove distribution of the drug by September. ((Bonn newsroom, +49 228 260970 fax +49 228 26097125, bonn.newsroom@reuters.com))