Medicare to Negotiate Lower Prices for Weight-Loss Drugs
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Medicare to Negotiate Lower Prices for Weight-Loss Drugs

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines That would slow the growth of the government’s spending on obesity drugs even as more people on Medicare started using them. New prices for the 10 drugs in the first round of price negotiations were announced last summer. Those prices will go into…

Telemedicine for Seniors Gets a Last-Minute Reprieve
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Telemedicine for Seniors Gets a Last-Minute Reprieve

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Since his cancer diagnosis last year, Kent Manuel has regularly seen an oncologist near his home in Indianapolis. It’s been a tough time: After spinal surgery for paralysis caused by his cancer, he is regaining the use of his legs with physical therapy…

Biden proposes weight-loss drugs Ozempic, Wegovy be covered by Medicare and Medicaid
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Biden proposes weight-loss drugs Ozempic, Wegovy be covered by Medicare and Medicaid

ByNews Polite

Millions of Americans with obesity would be eligible to have popular weight-loss drugs like Wegovy or Ozempic covered by Medicare or Medicaid under a new rule the Biden administration proposed Tuesday morning. The costly proposal from the US Department of Health and Human Services sets the stage for a potential showdown between the powerful…

White House strikes deal to cut prices of popular Medicare drugs that cost billion yearly
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White House strikes deal to cut prices of popular Medicare drugs that cost $50 billion yearly

ByNews Polite

The Biden administration is taking a victory lap after federal officials inked deals with drug companies to lower the price for 10 of Medicare’s most popular and costliest drugs, but shared few immediate details about the new price older Americans will pay when they fill those prescriptions. White House officials said Wednesday…