美政府五年花费1亿7千2百万美金用于报销年长男性阴茎真空增勃器

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PENIS PUMPS COST GOV’T $172M: A report from the Department of Health and Human
Services said the government’s Medicare program spent $172.4
million on 474,000 claims for vacuum erection systems (VES) for
seniors from 2006 to 2011. The yearly claims nearly doubled in cost
from $20.6 million in 2006 to $38 million in 2011. If the
government had adjusted its payments to what non-Medicare payers
spend on penis pumps, the government would have saved about $14.4
million each year. “To those seniors who really do want one, just
buy it yourself—you don’t need to send the bill to your fellow
Americans,” said Ben Domenech of the Heartland Institute.