If the CMS rule to cover obesity medications is finalized, coverage will increase by other insurers, experts predicted. HHS ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Popular weight loss and diabetes drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy have been added to Medicare’s list of medications that will be negotiated directly between the government and ...

Last year was a pivotal year for the pharmaceutical industry. Under the IRA’s Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program (the ...

Ozempic/Wegovy is the first drug on HHS's 2025 list of Medicare price negotiations. As the leaders of the pharmaceutical industry boarded their planes to come home from the JP Morgan Healthcare ...

Over 40% of U.S. adults meet the medical classification for obesity, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Compounded weight-loss medications, such as those promoted in the Hims & Hers commercial, aren’t approved by the Food and ...

The drug semaglutide has been linked to a lower risk of alcoholism before, but now we have strong evidence that it really ...

Ozempic and Wegovy maker Novo Nordisk placed a print ad responding to the Super Bowl spot from competitor Hims & Hers.

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Medicare may cover the costs of plastic surgery when a doctor or plastic surgeon deems it medically necessary. However, it does not cover plastic surgery for cosmetic purposes only. Medicare is a ...

The results of the small study add to evidence that people find drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy helpful to manage cravings for ...