GM Spends $17 Million Per Year on Viagra

ConsumerAffairs.com ^ | April 18, 2006 | Joe Benton

[cp124]

Lifestyle drugs -- chiefly Viagra -- are costing General Motors $17 million dollars a year and the cost is passed along to car, truck and SUV consumers. The blue pill is covered under GM's labor agreement with United Auto Workers, as well as benefit plans for salaried employees.

GM executives estimate health care adds $1,500 to the price of each vehicle but they do not break out how much of the premium is caused by erectile dysfunction expenses. GM provides health care for 1.1 million employees, retirees and dependents and is the world's largest private purchaser of Viagra.

[cp124]

No union bailout.

[Lancey Howard]

It helps them screw consumers and taxpayers, over and over again.

[Lizavetta]

Question for the male Freepers....

Is Viagra and Cialis a solution looking for a problem.....or does today's male truly have boner problems?

Inquiring minds want to know.

[Jolla]

does today's male truly have boner problems

I was in France when Viagra debuted there, a doctor came on and said, sometimes, a man just needs a new wife.

[Jeff Chandler]

We didn’t need any to do it to the local Chevy dealer today. They did it to themselves with the $5500. rebates.

[Safrguns]

Oh GREAT!... we’re getting stiffed by stiffies!

[Pining_4_TX]

Maybe they thought it would keep the GM stock price up.

[softwarecreator]

Is Viagra and Cialis a solution looking for a problem.....or does today's male truly have boner problems?

I ... [ahem] ... cannot speak for ALL guys but from this side of the table the answer is a resounding no.

[Emmett McCarthy]

Well, that makes the problem much clearer: GM employees have too many girlfriends. Fix that little problem and no more bail-out needed. Am I the only one smart enough to see that? Sheesh!

[nothingnew]

That's a hell of a lot of hardons.....

FMCDH(BITS)

[buccaneer81]

They're just trying to keep their end up.

/sarc

[VOA]

Lifestyle drugs -- chiefly Viagra --
are costing General Motors $17 million dollars a year

No wonder GM is so inefficient.
Their male line workers find it difficult to perform some
manuevers required for auto manufacture.
Being "at attention" too often.

[wastedyears]

Fire them all right now.

[ken21]

and they elect democrat-socialist politicians.

[wastedyears]

I don’t think I’ll have any problems with that when I get towards that age.

[HerrBlucher]

The bonergate scandal.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

IS GM bringing back the “stick-shift”?

[miliantnutcase]

Negative! Of course I’m 26 and my wife has to fight me off at night... When she really wants rest she always sleeps with the dog between us. :o

[concerned about politics]

GM Spends $17 Million Per Year on Viagra

I thought the bail out bill was about cars. No wonder the democrats are pushing this bail out bill so hard. Planned Parenthood would lose more abortion business than GM would lose car sales.

[concerned about politics]

Is Viagra and Cialis a solution looking for a problem.....or does today's male truly have boner problems?

It's the feminization of America. The new psychologically implanted estrogen interferes with their testosterone production. The next thing we know they'll be selling Tampax to men. (Wow. That's creepy)