Medicare is prohibited from covering weight-loss drugs — Ozempic could change that
in March estimated that if 10% of Medicare beneficiaries took semaglutide , the program would spend $28.6 billion.
The drugmakers behind the new medications stand to boost their sales if Medicare recipients gain coverage. Lawmakers who want to reintroduce legislation that allows Medicare to cover weight-loss drugs are looking for ways to lower the potential cost for taxpayers,. That includes looking at programs that test out Medicare coverage and proposed limits to coverage, The Journal reports.
Getting Medicare to cover weight loss medications could have huge implications for whether these medications will be more widely covered by insurers, increasing
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