Biden-Harris Admin Moves To Shell Out Tens Of Billions In Taxpayer Dollars For Weight-Loss Drugs

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) initiative would apply to Medicare and Medicaid enrollees with body mass indexes of 30 or higher, and would cost U.S. taxpayers as much as $35 billion over the next decade, according to The Associated Press.
53% : "A White House press release estimates the proposal would provide access to the obesity drugs to roughly 3.4 million people with Medicare and 4 million with Medicaid, reducing out-of-pocket costs for the pharmaceuticals by as much as 95% for some enrollees.

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