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About half of adults with insurance said they had trouble paying for weight loss drugs, according to a new survey, which are currently not covered by Medicare. GLP-1 drugs such as Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and Wegovy, and Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro—which are used to treat diabetes and heart disease—are having a moment in the sun as treatments for weight loss.

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  • Weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are tremendously popular and effective. Patients should also be careful in using them
    Semaglutide, the underlying drug marketed as Ozempic and Wegovy, works by mimicking a hormone that triggers the body to feel full. When the drug interacts with a receptor in the stomach, patients feel ...
    09/25/2024 - 5:02 pm | View Link
  • Ozempic For Weight Loss: Is It Safe? What Experts Say
    Due to a Wegovy shortage coupled with Ozempic’s weight loss ... other treatments for type 2 diabetes before insurance covers Ozempic for treatment of the condition. Those with a Medicare Part ...
    09/24/2024 - 7:45 pm | View Link
  • Lawmakers challenge drug company CEO over steep prices for Ozempic and Wegovy
    Ozempic and Wegovy are some of the most popular drugs ... often determining which drugs get covered and at what prices. Jorgensen argued those prices are high because Novo Nordisk has to pay ...
    09/24/2024 - 11:35 am | View Link
  • The heart of the question: Who can get Medicare-covered weight loss medicine?
    With Medicare now covering semaglutide for people with obesity and cardiovascular disease who don't have diabetes, a study looks at who that might include, depending on what cutoffs prescription plans ...
    09/24/2024 - 7:55 am | View Link
  • Ozempic and Wegovy drugmaker treating US as its 'cash cow', Sanders says
    for one month of the weight loss drug Wegovy, while those in the UK are charged about $92 Senator Bernie Sanders called the drugs "transformative new treatments" but said the US is "Novo Nordisk's ...
    09/24/2024 - 7:27 am | View Link
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