The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation may introduce a five-year pilot model to expand access to weight loss drugs, ...

Despite this, one in five young adults who meet the criteria for the drugs are uninsured and one-third denied having a routine place for healthcare.

Earlier this year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services scrapped a previous proposal, from the Biden administration ...

Trump administration eyes Medicare and Medicaid coverage for weight loss drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic in a five-year pilot ...

The drugs reportedly under consideration for coverage include Novo Nordisk's Wegovy and Ozempic, and Eli Lilly's Zepbound and ...

A move to cover expensive weight-loss drugs for Americans on Medicare and Medicaid may be in the works, but any such program ...

Blockbuster weight loss drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound have surged in popularity, but high prices have left them out of reach for many obese Americans.

Some obese Americans on Medicare and Medicaid could get access to expensive weight loss drugs under a five-year experiment ...

Drugs known as GLP-1 receptor agonists were initially developed to treat Type 2 diabetes but have become a cultural phenomenon.

State Medicaid programs already are allowed to offer GLP-1 drugs for weight loss, but only 13 state programs currently do so. Meanwhile, Medicare currently covers GLP-1 drugs for people with a ...

A five-year experiment aims to open access to blockbuster GLP‑1 drugs for obesity, something advocates have pushed for years.

The federal government is expected to start a 5-year-long experiment that will provide some limited coverage of obesity ...