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2. Wegovy to be covered by US Medicare for heart disease patients

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   Heart patients insured under the U.S. Medicare program would be covered for Novo Nordisk's weight-loss drug Wegovy as long as it is prescribed to reduce their risk of heart attacks and strokes ...

3. NC State Health Plan staff recommends cutting coverage of ...

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   North Carolina State Health Plan staff recommended ending coverage of weight loss drugs Friday in order to rein in spending on a class of drugs called GLP-1s, which has put the plan’s finances ...

4. House committee passes bill that would allow Medicare to ...

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   On Thursday, a House committee took some of the first steps needed to change that law, which would allow Medicare to cover weight loss drugs for the first time. The Ways and Means Committee voted ...

5. Weight Loss Drugs Aren't Usually Covered By Insurance—But ...

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   Depending on the company and coverage plan, some medications, like Wegovy, are now covered for weight loss, but for people on Medicare, a 2003 law actually prevents weight loss medication coverage.

6. New weight loss drugs are out of reach for millions of older ...

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   Some research shows offering weight loss drugs would assure Medicare's impending bankruptcy. A Vanderbilt University analysis this year put an annual price of about $26 billion on anti-obesity ...

7. Inside the push to get weight loss treatment covered by Medicare

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   Under the Medicare Modernization Act passed in 2003, Medicare is prohibited from covering medications used for weight loss. At the time, the reasoning was that certain weight loss drugs carried ...