The White House projects the total cost of covering prescription drugs over the next decade at $724 billion, of which $2 billion will be used for impotency drugs.
Despite the drugs being deemed medically necessary taxpayers and politicians feel strongly about having to cover the costs.
Rep. Steve King, an Iowa Republican who has written legislation to outlaw Medicare coverage for "recreational sex drugs," said the Congressional Budget Office had tallied the costs of Pfizer Inc.'s Viagra and other medicines to enhance sexual performance.
Medicare will start broad prescription drug coverage in January. "The Medicare system is already strained, and taxpayers shouldn't have to foot the bill for drugs that aren't medically necessary," King said in a statement.
