Weight loss drug coverage gets more complicated
(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review) In less than a month’s time, a federal lawmaker warned weight loss drugs
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Medicare Part D
Medicare drug plans are slashing drug coverage – and it’s going to impact everyone
By Brett Arends on May 29, 2924 for Morning Star Marketwatch The private health insurance companies that administer Medicare drug
Read MoreHigh Price of Popular Diabetes Drugs Deprives Low-Income People of Effective Treatment
By Renuka Rayasam on May 21, 2024 for KFF Health News The makers of Ozempic and Mounjaro charge list prices
Read MoreMedicare Advantage Plans Are About to Change
By Suzanne Blake on May 18, 2024 for Newsweek Medicare Advantage patients may be in for a rude awakening as
Read MoreMedicare spending on weight loss drugs may be lower than previously thought: Report
(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Medicare spending on GLP-1 medications may not be as high as some estimates predict
Read MoreNew KFF Poll Finds that Many Older Voters Are Unaware of Medicare Drug Price Negotiation, But Awareness Has Grown
(By Chris Lee and Craig Palosky for The Kaiser Family Foundation published May 15, 2024) A new KFF poll finds
Read MorePoll: 1 in 8 Adults Say They’ve Taken a GLP-1 Drug, Including 4 in 10 of Those with Diabetes and 1 in 4 of Those with Heart Disease
(By Tammie Smith at The Kaiser Family Foundation published May 10, 2024) About one in eight adults (12%) say they
Read MoreMedicare’s financial picture brightens slightly
(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Medicare’s hospital insurance trust fund is expected to run out in 2036, five years
Read MoreThe world is relying on the United States to get value-based drug pricing right
(By Jason Shafrin, Louis Garrison, and Melanie D. Whittington for STAT) The changing landscape of drug pricing policy in the
Read More10 Key Facts About Women with Medicare
(By Meredith Freed, Juliette Cubanski, Michelle Long, Nancy Ochieng, Tricia Neuman, and Alina Salganicoff for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published:
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