{"id":22908,"date":"2024-06-04T08:18:03","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T12:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=22908"},"modified":"2024-06-04T08:18:05","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T12:18:05","slug":"weight-loss-drug-coverage-gets-more-complicated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=22908","title":{"rendered":"Weight loss drug coverage gets more complicated"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(By Jakob Emerson for <em>Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In less than a month&#8217;s time, a federal lawmaker warned weight loss drugs have the potential to bankrupt the healthcare system, and new research from Blue Cross Blue Shield found nearly six in 10 patients taking the drugs don&#8217;t reach a meaningful health benefit.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckerspayer.com\/payer\/weight-loss-drug-coverage-gets-more-complicated.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.beckerspayer.com\/payer\/weight-loss-drug-coverage-gets-more-complicated.html\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" class=\"wp-image-10021\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/dreamstime_m_36312255pills-medicine-dollar-cost.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/dreamstime_m_36312255pills-medicine-dollar-cost.jpg 2121w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/dreamstime_m_36312255pills-medicine-dollar-cost-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/dreamstime_m_36312255pills-medicine-dollar-cost-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/dreamstime_m_36312255pills-medicine-dollar-cost-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>\u00a0The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Jakob Emerson for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review) In less than a month&#8217;s time, a federal lawmaker warned weight loss drugs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,17,21,200,6,15],"tags":[80,1204,503,385,238,61,65,94],"class_list":["post-22908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cms","category-emerging-health-issues","category-health-care-finance","category-health-insurance","category-medicare-general","category-part-dprescription-drugs","tag-cms","tag-glp-1s-drugs","tag-health-insurance-companies","tag-healthcare-costs","tag-healthcare-finance","tag-medicare","tag-medicare-part-d","tag-older-adults"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22908"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22909,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22908\/revisions\/22909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}