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Not the lifeline for us fatties.

> Medicare enrollees, however, still won’t be able to access the drugs for obesity under a federal law that prohibits the program from paying for weight loss treatments

Also, you have to be severely ill or elderly to get Medicare. This is for their diabetic treatment.

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That’s because Medicare only covers drugs for approved FDA usage. It’s covered for diabetes but not weight loss. In general this is good policy. It is possible to challenge for some cases but generally that is the rule. It’s a perfectly reasonable way to both control costs and prevent harm.

If the drug manufacturers wanted it to be covered for weight loss there IS a process. File the correct paperwork with the FDA and do the rigorous studies that were don’t for the approved usage.

Wegovy is approved for weight loss (since 2021).

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