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

Medicare and Medicaid could expand coverage of GLP-1 drugs, such as Ozempic and Wegovy, and pay for patients’ use of the ...

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

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

The Trump administration is planning an experiment to cover weight loss drugs under Medicare and Medicaid, potentially ...

A study analyzing 92,000 people found semaglutides, found in GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic, were linked to a 33% lower risk of ...

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

The Trump administration is planning a five-year test allowing states to cover weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy ...

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.

Proposed experiment would allow states and Medicare drug plans to cover GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy for obesity, The ...

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 ...

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