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Weight-loss drugs may be covered by Medicare, Medicaid under experimental program
A move to cover expensive weight-loss drugs for Americans on Medicare and Medicaid may be in the works, but any such program ...
Medicare, Medicaid plan to experiment with covering weight loss drugs
The Trump administration is planning an experiment to cover weight loss drugs under Medicare and Medicaid, potentially ...
US Plans to Test Medicare, Medicaid Coverage for Weight-Loss Drugs, Washington Post Reports
According to the Washington Post, 13 states currently cover the drugs for Medicaid patients, while Medicare prohibits ...
Feds Launch Experiment to Have Medicare Cover GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs
The federal government is expected to start a 5-year-long experiment that will provide some limited coverage of obesity ...
Medicare and Medicaid move toward covering Ozempic and other weight loss drugs
Medicare and Medicaid could expand coverage of GLP-1 drugs, such as Ozempic and Wegovy, and pay for patients’ use of the ...
Medicaid, Medicare may cover weight loss drugs under new pilot program: report
Blockbuster weight loss drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound have surged in popularity, but high prices have left them out of reach for many obese Americans.
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CMMI considers weight loss drug coverage pilot as Trump IVF pledge slips: reports
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation may introduce a five-year pilot model to expand access to weight loss drugs, ...
Trump Administration Plan Signals Shift Toward Weight-Loss Drug Coverage For Medicare Patients
The Trump administration is planning a five-year test allowing states to cover weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy ...
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Medicare and Medicaid May Soon Cover Weight-Loss Drugs
The Trump administration is considering a proposal to allow Medicare and Medicaid to cover expensive weight-loss drugs. GLP-1 ...
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Medicare and Medicaid May Expand Coverage for Weight-Loss Drugs
The Trump administration is exploring a five-year pilot program to include weight-loss drugs like Wegovy, Ozempic, Zepbound, ...
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Bill Proposed to Let Medicare Cover Weight-Loss Drugs Like Wegovy ...
Medicare is barred under a 2003 law from paying for weight-loss medications like Wegovy. Lawmakers on Thursday reintroduced a bill that would expand Medicare coverage to the drugs.
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Medicare won't pay for new weight-loss drugs - Los Angeles Times
New weight-loss drugs are out of reach for millions of older Americans because Medicare won’t pay Debra Tyler’s daughter takes her new medication at home in Killingworth, Conn.