Medicare Would Cover Ozempic and Wegovy Under Biden Proposal -- Here's What That Means

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : A good example is Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, which includes the law's rules on nondiscrimination.
54% : Medicare and Medicaid provide limited coverage for obesity drugs now.
46% : The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing a new rule that would recognize obesity as a chronic disease.
46% : Meanwhile, Dr. Mehmet Oz, who Trump has nominated to run CMS, has praised Ozempic as a "game changer," and toted a cinder block on his show to demonstrate how much weight patients could lose.
44% : This would allow Medicare and Medicaid to cover medications that treat obesity, potentially affecting millions of people.
19% : Trump himself has had little to say about Ozempic, Medicare, or Medicaid, said Sheila Lynch-Afryl, a senior legal analyst for Wolters Kluwer.

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