Supplies of high-demand obesity drugs are improving – but they’re not easier to get - ‘There are a lot of people right now ...

Medicare covers certain obesity-related treatments like counseling and surgeries but typically not weight loss programs for general health. It also currently doesn’t cover obesity medications ...

Over 40% of U.S. adults meet the medical classification for obesity, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

These findings support the claim that Medicare Advantage (MA) payments may be driven more by diagnosis and coding practices ...

If the CMS rule to cover obesity medications is finalized, coverage will increase by other insurers, experts predicted. HHS ...

However, many older Americans, especially those on Medicare, cannot fully access treatments and medications that help address obesity, specifically anti-obesity medications, or AOMs. The Trump ...

Health plans are lobbying the Trump administration to scrap a proposal dating from the final days of the Biden administration that would require Medicare and Medicaid to cover anti-obesity drugs, ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has spent decades as an outsider railing against federal health authorities. His Make America Healthy ...

Between 15% and 20% of U.S. adults over the age of 65 have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), according to research in the ...

Last year was a pivotal year for the pharmaceutical industry. Under the IRA’s Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program (the ...

Medicare Part D plans cover popular obesity drugs if they are used for an additional medically accepted purpose as approved by the FDA.