If Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Trump administration want to make America healthy again, they should let Medicare cover ...

Over 40% of U.S. adults meet the medical classification for obesity, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Cost is a major obstacle for many. The drugs can be expensive without insurance, with out-of-pocket expenses reaching hundreds of dollars per prescription. The poll found that about half of Americans ...

If the CMS rule to cover obesity medications is finalized, coverage will increase by other insurers, experts predicted. HHS ...

Due to current legislation regarding weight loss drugs, it is not yet available to Medicare recipients. But in November 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed ...

Some workers are willing to trade vacation days or go back to the office in exchange for weight-loss drug coverage by their ...

Medicare does not currently cover weight loss medications, but it may cover Mounjaro for type 2 diabetes. Coverage may depend on your prescription drug plan type, and out-of-pocket costs may apply.

Trump could either weaken the negotiations in a way that benefits the pharmaceutical industry, or try to achieve even deeper ...

GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy revolutionized weight loss, but their high cost keeps them out of reach for most ...

Spend billions of dollars to cover anti-obesity drugs under Medicare and Medicaid, or deny more than 7 million people access ...