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Expanding Medicare coverage of costly weight loss drugs could come at a steep cost for the federal government. Allowing Medicare to cover obesity medications would increase federal spending by about ...
Medicare covers Wegovy as a treatment to reduce the risk of serious cardiovascular events in people who have overweight or obesity. It does not cover Wegovy for weight loss.