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US Plans to Test Medicare, Medicaid Coverage for Weight-Loss Drugs, Washington Post Reports
According to the Washington Post, 13 states currently cover the drugs for Medicaid patients, while Medicare prohibits coverage of the drugs used solely for weight loss, but allows for treating indications they are approved for like sleep apnea and heart disease.
Medicare is barred under a 2003 law from paying for weight-loss medications like Wegovy. Lawmakers on Thursday reintroduced a bill that would expand Medicare coverage to the drugs.
New weight-loss drugs are out of reach for millions of older Americans because Medicare won’t pay Debra Tyler’s daughter takes her new medication at home in Killingworth, Conn.
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