Anti-obesity drugs tied to lower risk of suicidal thoughts or attempts among young people - study
Researchers said the drugs don’t appear to raise the risk of suicidal thoughts or actions for young people but also urged ...
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CBO: Covering anti-obesity drugs could cost Medicare $35B by 2034
Allowing Medicare to cover anti-obesity medications would drive up federal spending by about $35 billion on net between 2026 and 2034, according to ...
Analysis reveals higher cost of anti-obesity drugs compared to surgery
The cost of taking weekly injections of popular anti-obesity medications liraglutide (Saxenda) or semaglutide (Wegovy) ...
Is the U.S. at a Turning Point on Obesity?
An obesity expert weighs in on intriguing new data and new drugs that hold promise in the battle against a stubborn problem.
Your employer may start covering weight-loss drugs soon
Still, more than a quarter of employers are considering adding coverage for GLP-1 drugs for weight loss in 2025 or 2026, ...
France won’t pay for weight loss drug Wegovy. What about other European countries?
France is the latest European country to refuse to cover weight loss drugs through its national insurance programme.View on ...
More smoking, more obesity, more sleep medication use - report
The report shows a rise in medication use, obesity, and smoking, a decline in cancer screenings, concerns over excessive ...
Medicare coverage of obesity drugs could raise federal spending by $35B through 2034 - CBO
Medicare coverage of weight loss drugs, if authorized, is seen increasing federal spending by about $35B from 2026 to 2034.
Companies are more willing to consider covering weight-loss drugs
That’s according to a new Employer Health Benefits Survey from KFF (formerly the Kaiser Family Foundation). But while a ...
Obesity drugs could cost US health insurance system $35bn, study finds
Covering weight-loss drugs for elderly Americans on the state-backed Medicare health insurance programme would cost the US government $35bn over the next nine years, a congressional analysis has found ...
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Your employer may start covering weight-loss drugs soon
Hoping your company will begin paying for anti-obesity medications like Wegovy? You may be in luck. A growing number of employers are considering covering the blockbuster weight-loss drugs ...