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CMS Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Legislative Update Medicare - General Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook November 7, 2025November 7, 2025 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicaid, medicare, Medicare Part D, Older Adults, Weight-loss drugs

Medicare will cover weight-loss drugs

Medicare will cover weight-loss drugs under a new deal with drugmakers Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk. Approximately 10 percent of

FDA Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook December 23, 2024December 23, 2024 FDA, sleep apnea, Weight-loss drugs, Zepbound

FDA approves weight loss drug Zepbound to treat obstructive sleep apnea

(By Juliana Kim for NPR) The weight loss drug Zepbound has become the first prescription medication approved to treat obstructive

CMS Health Insurance Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook June 27, 2024June 27, 2024 House Ways and Means Committee, medicare, Medicare Part D, Weight-loss drugs

House committee considers limited Medicare coverage of weight-loss drugs

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) The House Ways and Means Committee will consider a proposal to allow Medicare