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GLP-1 & Weight Loss Insurance

Medicare Now Covers Some GLP-1s for $50. What to Know

Popular — and expensive — GLP-1 weight loss drugs just got a lot cheaper for many older Americans. The federal government on…

Marc GilmanJuly 5, 2026

GLP-1 & Weight Loss Insurance

Adding Obesity Experts to Primary Care Clinics Improves Patients’ Weight Loss Outcomes

A University of Michigan study comparing a comprehensive weight loss program including obesity experts against the usual care for high-risk…

Marc GilmanJuly 3, 2026

GLP-1 & Weight Loss Insurance

Thoughts about Medicare’s New GLP1 Bridge Program by Dr. Lauren Oshman, M.D., M.P.H., The University of Michigan Health’s Chelsea Family Medicine Clinic

For decades, it’s been against the law for Medicare to pay for weight-loss medication. But that changed on July 1,…

Marc GilmanJuly 3, 2026

GLP-1 & Weight Loss Insurance

Are you one of the 14M Medicare patients who are eligible for GLP-1s at a cost of only $50 a month?

Millions of Medicare patients will be eligible for GLP-1 weight loss drugs under the Medicare GLP-1 Bridge — which rolls…

Marc GilmanJune 22, 2026