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Wegovy, Mounjaro: Suffolk County among employers rethinking access to costly weight loss drugs

Nov 26, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    22% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    60% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    20% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -4% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : Currently about 2,100 Suffolk County employees not on Medicare have active prescriptions for GLP-1 medications, according to a county spokesman Mike Martino.Insurance holders and their beneficiaries will need to prove they have a Body Mass Index of 32 or higher, which is considered the lower levels of obesity by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
47% : Currently, Medicare does not cover weight loss drugs and Medicaid coverage is decided by individual states.
35% : "On Tuesday the Biden administration proposed having Medicare and Medicaid cover the medications.

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