New letters urge the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to expand Medicare and Medicaid to include FDA-approved ...

(The Hill) — The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) has issued guidance allowing for the coverage of anti-obesity medications, but only in cases they are indicated for treating conditions ...

In what may be one of his final major acts in the White House, President Joe Biden has proposed extending Medicare and Medicaid to cover the costs of anti-obesity drugs increasingly used to help ...

President Biden took a groundbreaking step in proposing to cover GLP-1 obesity medications under Medicare and Medicaid in November. But on Friday, his administration announced that Wegovy ...

New Rule Seeks to Expand Medicare and Medicaid Coverage of Weight Loss Drugs. The Biden Administration has proposed a new ...

A report from The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission has proposed new criteria for defining and diagnosing obesity, including measuring body fat to diagnose obesity instead of BMI alone.The co ...

Just how much Medicare price negotiations will negatively impact Novo Nordisk, though, depends on what the final negotiated prices for Ozempic, Wegovy, and Rybelsus will be. In Medicare's negotiations ...

Cost is a major obstacle for many. The drugs can be expensive without insurance, with out-of-pocket expenses reaching ...

The House Ways and Means Committee in the US voted in favour of a new bill which would end a two-decade-long restriction on the coverage of drugs to treat obesity under Medicare. The Treat and ...

Jan 8 (Reuters) - Eli Lilly's (LLY.N), opens new tab obesity drug Zepbound can now be covered by government-backed Medicare insurance plans for use in sleep apnea, broadening access to the ...

Outgoing US President Joe Biden has proposed a dramatic expansion of Medicare coverage of obesity drugs, although it remains to be seen if it will survive under Donald Trump's new administration.

WASHINGTON — Eli Lilly's obesity drug Zepbound can now be covered by government-backed Medicare insurance plans for use in sleep apnea, broadening access to the blockbuster weight-loss treatment.