Biden proposes huge expansion of weight loss drug access

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : "The move would benefit 3.4 million Americans with Medicare, which gives health insurance to people mainly aged over 65.
55% : It would also help four million people eligible for assistance with Medicaid, which targets lower income residents, officials said.
52% : Under the massive US public health insurance programs Medicare and Medicaid, drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are, for the most part, only available for overweight people with diabetes or heart disease.
5% : Trump said last week as he appointed celebrity TV doctor Mehmet Oz to head Medicare and Medicaid that Oz would "cut waste and fraud" in what he called "our Country's most expensive Government Agency.

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