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3.6 million Medicare enrollees may now be eligible for Wegovy coverage
ABC Action News Tampa Bay· 2 days agoAbout 3.6 million Medicare enrollees may qualify for coverage of the anti-obesity drug Wegovy,...
KFF Analysis Finds an Estimated 1 in 4 Medicare Beneficiaries With Obesity or Overweight Could Be...
Sierra Sun Times· 1 day agoThis change potentially allows access to Wegovy for just over 1 in 4 of the 13.7 million people on ...
Bonkers High Healthcare Costs in 20 US Cities
MediaFeed via AOL· 1 day agoUnlike other countries, the question...different rules, leading to vastly divergent costs. To make things more confusing, the cost of health care varies...
Worried About Assisted Living Costs? Here Are Your Options
SmartAsset via Yahoo Finance· 7 hours agoLong-term care in residential facilities like nursing homes is a financial challenge for many. When...
Millions of Medicare recipients could gain access to weight-loss drug
Newsweek· 2 days agoMillions of overweight or obese patients with heart conditions insured under Medicare could gain...
Allwell Medicare Advantage 2024 Review - NerdWallet
Nerdwallet· 2 days agoStar ratings are determined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Allwell is a brand of Wellcare, which is owned by Centene. Wellcare by...
How is President Biden closing the gap on health disparities for communities of color?
Erie Times News via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoThis benefit will enable seniors to keep money they used to use to pay for prescriptions in their pockets. In 2020, about 158,000 Black enrollees would have benefited from ...
Bernie Sanders Is Taking on Ozempic’s ‘Astronomically High’ Price Tag
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoSenator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is taking aim at one of Big Pharma’s newest cash cows: the latest...
1 in 4 Medicare beneficiaries with obesity could get Wegovy despite coverage ban
WJZY via Yahoo News· 3 days agoPhillip, File) These findings are based on data from 2020. Wegovy is a form of semaglutide, also...
Mental illness in America costs $282 billion each year, study shows
UPI· 2 days agoMental illness costs the U.S. economy $282 billion every year, equivalent to the average economic...