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US plans to test Medicare, Medicaid coverage for weight-loss drugs, Washington Post reports
The Trump administration is considering a five-year pilot program to cover weight-loss drugs under Medicare and Medicaid, the ...
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 ...
WAPO: Medicare, Medicaid to experiment with covering weight loss drugs
Washington Post National Health Reporter Paige Winfield Cunningham discusses how the Trump administration is considering ...
US plans Medicare, Medicaid coverage for weight-loss drugs, Washington Post reports
The Trump administration is planning an experiment to cover weight-loss drugs under Medicare and Medicaid, the Washington ...
Trump’s Weight-Loss Experiment Could Aid Lilly, Novo. Cost Is Still a Problem.
The Washington Post reported the CMS is considering a plan that could allow Medicare plans to pay for the drugs.
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 ...
State forecasts loss of $1.4B in Medicaid funding; 140K will lose coverage
As changes to Medicaid funding and enrollment requirements come into effect over the next few years, the Minnesota Department ...
How Five States Are Worse Off After Trump’s Cuts to SNAP and Medicaid
According to the American Hospital Association, Trump’s tax bill will result in 1.8 million people in rural communities ...
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Trump administration considering pilot program to cover weight loss drugs under Medicare, Medicaid
The drugs reportedly under consideration for coverage include Novo Nordisk's Wegovy and Ozempic, and Eli Lilly's Zepbound and ...
140,000 Minnesotans could lose health care coverage over federal Medicaid cuts, state says
A new state analysis found that up to 140,000 Minnesotans could lose health care coverage due to federal Medicaid spending ...
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 ...
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.