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States reverse course on covering Ozempic, other GLP-1 weight loss drugs, amid funding shortfalls
28 Nov 2025 19:00 GMT
… shortfalls in state funding. California, New Hampshire and South … the prices of the drugs for Medicaid, Medicare and consumers … obtain weight loss without these medications.”
James Werner, a … the state’s Medicaid program to cover the drug failed. Instead …
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States retreat from covering drugs for weight loss
28 Nov 2025 12:08 GMT
… shortfalls in state funding. California, New Hampshire and South … the prices of the drugs for Medicaid, Medicare, and consumers … obtain weight loss without these medications.”
James Werner, a … the state’s Medicaid program to cover the drug failed. Instead …
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Medicare announces major drug price cuts, projected $12 billion savings by 2027
26 Nov 2025 23:48 GMT
… Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to … the University of Southern California, “They were gonna … significant, U.S. drug prices still remain higher … 300 drugs. Negotiations for 15 additional drugs, including hospital-administered medications, …
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Digital Health Company Executives Convicted in First-Ever Federal Drug Distribution Prosecution Related to Telehealth
26 Nov 2025 11:37 GMT
… the Northern District of California convicted Ruthia He, … for reimbursement to Medicare, Medicaid and commercial insurers. … including patients abusing other medications, and that some patients … , utilization of urine drug screening to monitor prescription …
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Medicare announces lower prices for 15 drugs including Ozempic, Wegovy
26 Nov 2025 04:11 GMT
… for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Nov. 25 … 15 prescription drugs, including popular weight-loss medications Ozempic … has previously announced drug price reductions through … of Southern California, told Reuters.
Additional drugs up for …
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They need a ventilator to stay alive. Getting one can be a nightmare
29 Nov 2025 10:40 GMT
… bathe him, give him medication, and remove mucus blocking … than half of state Medicaid programs provide adequate reimbursement … people on ventilators. In California, some people on ventilators … $900 billion in coming Medicaid reductions, since the federal …
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Kevin Sabet: reefer madness is here
29 Nov 2025 04:24 GMT
… has floated the idea of Medicaid coverage of marijuana products as … undergrad at the University of California, Berkeley, in the mid-’90s … the drug crisis, Sabet thinks, is a “moral and spiritual breakdown.” Drugs …
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Look What You Pay For
29 Nov 2025 04:32 GMT
… poverty, crime, dropping out, drug-taking, mental illness, you name … miss checkups, be black, take drugs, have STDs, etc., so their … largest was $15,000 in California.
This is one reason … unhealthy mothers who are on Medicaid — probably because they are …
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HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUM SPIKES IMMINENT AS TAX CREDIT ENHANCEMENTS SET TO EXPIRE
27 Nov 2025 16:25 GMT
… back on some of those medications, eat less ... take less … 29,695 18,645
California 5,440 7,756 … 4] Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Effectuated Enrollment: Early … Losses From Unwinding of the Medicaid Continuous Coverage Provision, CBPP, …
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Days 201-300: Every anti-LGBTQ+ move the Trump administration has made
27 Nov 2025 05:18 GMT
… data, communication with drug manufacturers, Social Security … of federal funding for California’s “Personal Responsibility … whether gender-transition medications or antidepressants cause violence … care. One prohibits Medicaid reimbursement for gender-affirming …