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Medicaid, Trump Administration and Weight loss

Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk Shares Rally As Trump Administration Reportedly Plans To Experiment Including Weight-loss Drugs Under Medicaid, Medicare
Shares of Eli Lilly And Co. (LLY) and Novo Nordisk (NVO) jumped on Friday following reports that the Trump administration is planning a five-year experiment under which Americans on Medicare and Medicaid could get access to expensive weight loss drugs.
Report: Trump Administration planning test of covering GLP-1 drugs through Medicare, Medicaid
Proposed experiment would allow states and Medicare drug plans to cover GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy for obesity, The Washington Post reports.
Weight loss drugs could soon be covered by Medicare and Medicaid
The Trump administration is considering a shift in health care coverage, allowing Medicare and Medicaid to cover GLP-1 weight loss drugs.
Trump administration to trial Medicare, Medicaid coverage for obesity drugs: WaPO
Obesity drugmakers Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY) and Novo Nordisk (NVO) traded higher in the premarket on Friday after The Washington Post reported that the Trump Administration plans to cover weight loss drugs for some Medicare and Medicaid enrollees under a five-year experimental program.
Trump administration to pilot coverage of weight‑loss drugs under Medicare and Medicaid, Washington Post reports
The Trump administration is planning an experiment to cover weight-loss drugs under Medicare and Medicaid, the Washington Post reported on Friday, citing documents from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Medicare, Medicaid to try coverage of GLP-1s for obesity, report says
The Trump administration is reportedly considering a way to ease Medicare and Medicaid into covering GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro for obesity starting as soon as next year. Why it matters: The Health and Human Services Department in April rejected a Biden administration proposal to allow Medicare and Medicaid to cover the injections for weight-loss.
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