Biden for Medicare, Medicaid payments for weight-loss drugs
The Biden administration has proposed a new rule that would allow Medicare and Medicaid to cover popular weight-loss medications like Wegovy and Zepbound ...
Who gets weight loss drugs covered by insurance? In North Carolina, being on Medicaid helps.
North Carolina stopped covering weight loss drugs such as Ozempic for state employees without diabetes. But it extended ...
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Medicaid coverage is expanding into prisons in 2025, starting with children
New federal policies extend Medicaid to incarcerated youth and open the door for adult inmates to get coverage before they’re ...
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Medications, Including Injectable Weight-Loss Drugs, Make Up One-Third of VA's Projected 2025 Budget Shortfall
Under Secretary for Health Dr. Shereef Elnahal said Monday the VA needs extra funding to cover the costs of drugs such as ...
Biden's plan for Medicare coverage of weight-loss drugs would drive up costs by billions of dollars
The CMS estimated that coverage of the weight-loss drugs will cost the federal government about $25 billion for Medicare and ...
Drugs like Wegovy, Ozempic would be covered by Medicare, Medicaid under Biden proposal
Millions of Americans would be eligible to have popular drugs used for weight loss like Wegovy or Ozempic covered by Medicare ...
Biden proposes expanding obesity drug coverage under Medicare and Medicaid
The Biden administration has proposed a new rule to “significantly” expand coverage of anti-obesity medications for Americans ...
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Applying Legal And Clinical Quality Standards To ‘Food Is Medicine’
At a time when policy and practice is moving toward coverage of Food Is Medicine (FIM) as benefits in insurance programs, it ...
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Biden admin. proposes coverage for weight-loss drugs by Medicare, Medicaid
Under a new rule the Biden administration proposed on Tuesday, millions of Americans with obesity would be eligible to have popular weight-loss drugs like Wegovy or Zepbound covered by Medicare or ...
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CMS’ obesity drug coverage implications for nursing home patients
A new rule proposed by CMS presents alterations to the Medicare program, including expanded coverage for anti-obesity ...
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CMS proposes Medicare coverage of weight-loss drugs, MA reforms
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Tuesday released a Contract Year (CY) 2026 MA and Part D proposed rule that ...
Biden proposes new rule for weight-loss drugs to be covered by Medicare, Medicaid
The Biden administration is proposing a new rule to significantly expand the coverage of weight-loss drugs for Americans on ...