Weight loss drugs are now excluded from mandatory coverage. ... Brooks-LaSure says it would be about 1% of the money spent during that time on prescription drugs for Medicare and 2% on Medicaid.

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.

It is not covered for weight loss by Medicare, but the FDA in early 2024 approved its use for obese patients who also have cardiovascular disease. The list cost for Wegovy is about $1,349 per ...

Long before Oprah Winfrey and TikTok influencers alike gushed about the benefits of these weight loss drugs, Congress made a rule: Medicare Part D, the health insurance plan for older Americans to ...

Medicare can pay for the popular weight-loss drug Wegovy — as long as the patients using it also have heart disease and need to reduce the risk of future heart attacks, strokes and other serious ...

Medicare can start covering certain weight loss drugs for the first time — as long as they are approved for an added health benefit, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said Thursday ...

Covering new weight loss drugs could strain Medicare, policy experts warn. By Elaine Chen March 11, 2023. Reprints. An injection pen for the weight loss drug semaglutide. Adobe.

New drugs used for weight loss may also reduce risks of heart attacks. A pharmaceutical giant wants Medicare to cover the drugs, but a federal ban prevents Medicare from covering weight loss drugs.

Medicare proposes covering weight-loss drugs, teeing up clash with RFK Jr. The proposal would expand coverage of anti-obesity drugs to 7.5 million people covered by Medicare and Medicaid, ...

Medicare has recently approved coverage of GLP-1 drugs such as Wegovy to address hypertension. However, these new inclusions have introduced financial challenges for both Medicare Advantage and ...

There is something government can do. It could begin by allowing coverage of weight loss drugs in Medicare Part D plans and Medicare Advantage plans. Research at the USC Schaeffer Center, which we ...