The Milwaukee Teachers' Education Association (MTEA) filed suit to order the school board to cover the costs of erectile dysfunction drugs in its health benefits plan. The teacher’s union argued that excluding these drugs “constitutes sexual discrimination against male employees." Lawyers for the school board state the drugs were dropped in 2005 to save money. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (8/6, Randall) reported that the Milwaukee Public School System (MPS) "first agreed to cover drugs that treat erectile dysfunction in 2002. ... During negotiations with the union for its 2003-2005 contract, MPS tried to stop coverage of the drugs, citing rising costs," a decision which was upheld by an arbitrator in 2005.
