STAT December 30, 2024
Anand Parekh, William Dietz, Joseph Nadglowski

The Medicare prohibition on covering weight loss drugs is discriminatory and outdated

Although bipartisan legislation to provide Medicare coverage for obesity treatments has circulated in Congress for more than a decade, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) ventured to estimate the budgetary effects of such a policy for older Americans starting in 2026 for the very first time in a report published in October.

The CBO should be commended for conducting this comprehensive...

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Topics: Biotechnology, Congress / White House, Govt Agencies, Insurance, Medicare, Patient / Consumer, Pharma / Biotech, Provider
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