Ladies, don’t worry about your sexual health, because your man can get a penis pump

[G_j]

watch:
http://www.salon.com/2014/03/13/ladies_dont_worry_about_your_sexual_health_because_your_man_can_get_a_penis_pump/

Thursday, Mar 13, 2014 10:07 AM EDT

Ladies, don’t worry about your sexual health, because your man can get a penis pump
"The Daily Show" learns that though women struggle to get contraception coverage, Medicare pays for penis pumps


Using comedy, “The Daily Show” is again furthering the conversation about America’s sexis with a segment on the double standards of sexual health in America. Under Obamacare, insurance companies have to cover women’s healthcare — including contraceptives — which has become a hotly debated issue in Congress.

Meanwhile, however, “Medicare funds penis pumps at $360 a piece, which has never been debated once,” Bee learned in an enlightening discussion with National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League president Ilyse Hogue.

Bee, mocking the conservatives who argue against women’s health coverage, said that Hogue “just didn’t understand that women’s selfish desire for sexual health and gynecological exams pales in comparison to men’s need to deal with erectile dysfunction.”

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-march-12-2014/federally-funded-penis-pumps

[liberal N proud]

1. All because some puritan right wing christian fundamentalist feel the need to force their views

on the rest of us.

[Warren Stupidity]

2. I suspect that the penis pumps medicare covers are for men who have medical conditions

such as "consequences of prostate surgery". However the point is valid regardless. Only women's reproductive health care is a political issue.

[Gothmog]

3. Samantha Bee was in great form last night

This was a great episode

[joeglow3]

4. The heart is in the right place, but the comparison is disingenuous

Their point is that one (or more) policies from many different companies don't cover something while another completely separate policy from a different entity covers penis pumps? Am I missing something. Otherwise, this wouldn't exactly hold up to scrutiny in an intellectually honest forum.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

5. My nephew is a doctor, and he pointed out to us one fine Thanksgiving Day...

That in this country men's sexual needs are seen as medically and vitally important, where women's sexual needs are not.