The Military Times previously reported that in 2014, the Defense Department spent a total of $84.24 million on erectile dysfunction prescriptions. Of that, $41.6 million was specifically spent on Viagra. According to the Defense Health Agency, between 2004 and 2013, the number of servicemembers diagnosed with erectile dysfunction doubled, the equivalent of approximately 10,000 new diagnoses each year.
Comparatively, the RAND Corporation estimated that allowing transgender people to serve in the military would raise defense health spending between $2.4 million and $8.4 million, an increase of 0.04–0.13 percent in expenditures.