New Jersey Sets Limits On Viagra Cover

The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services will cover onlyfour pills of Pfizer's impotence drug Viagra (sildenafil) a month for men covered by its Medicaid and other health plans funded by the state.

New Jersey will spend $6 million on Viagra this year for men covered by the Pharmaceutical Assistance for the Aged and Disabled, Medicaid, Traditional, NJ Plus and the State Prescription drug plans in the State Health benefits system and the General Assistance welfare program, the Department said.

The limit was based in part on Florida and Alabama's earlier decisions to limit coverage to four pills a month, state officials explained, noting the limit is an interim measure until the federal government issues guidelines for reimbursement for the drug.