Washington, Nov 26, 2024 (AFP) - Biden unveils plan to expand weight loss drug access

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2024-11-26

US President Joe Biden's outgoing administration proposed Tuesday to make weight-loss drugs available for millions more Americans under the country's massive public health insurance program. Under the Medicare and Medicaid insurance plans, drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are only available for overweight people with diabetes or heart disease, for the most part. But the White House said Biden wanted to make them widely available as a treatment for o......

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