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Do Medicare, Medicaid cover weight loss drugs? It depends
Medicare recipients suffering from obesity must pay out of pocket for weight loss drugs like Wecovy and Zepbound.
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Wegovy vs. Ozempic: Which Is the Better Weight Loss Drug?
Wegovy and Ozempic are both semaglutide weight loss medications, but they’re prescribed differently based on who qualifies.
Forget Ozempic face – should we be worried about Ozempic teeth?
With more and more people signing up for weight loss drugs, the potential side effects are starting to attract attention. Helen Coffey speaks to the dentists warning that jabs could have a worrying im ...
On podcasts, Trump’s surgeon general pick touts organics, questions vaccines and talks spirituality
President Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. surgeon general, Dr. Casey Means, has appeared on numerous wellness and right-wing ...
‘There's a huge percentage of the US population that isn't getting access to these medications’: Novo Nordisk makes game-changing $2 billion deal for new obesity d…
Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk — best known for its blockbuster weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy — has signed ...
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What insurance plans cover weight loss medication?
Sometimes, it makes sense to skip insurance and instead take advantage of a health savings account or flexible savings ...
The health insurance agency for Mass. state employees will run out of money on Monday
The agency covers 460,000 people — public employees, retirees and their families. A bill to fund it is stalled in Beacon Hill ...
‘Ozempic Mouth,’ ‘Feet’ Are Latest Names For GLP-1 Med Side Effects
You may have heard of "Ozempic face" and "Ozempic butt." Well, now there's "Ozempic mouth" and "Ozempic feet" to describe ...
April Recap: 15 Top Health Press Releases
With thousands of press releases published each month, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help ...