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2. Does Medicare Cover Wegovy for Weight Loss? - AOL

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   Medicare is currently forbidden by law from covering Wegovy for weight loss or weight management. However, in March of 2024, the FDA approved the use of Wegovy for people with cardiovascular ...

3. Is Wegovy covered by Medicare? - AOL

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   However, Medicare does not cover medications that are strictly for weight management. Wegovy is a type of weight management or weight loss medication. Doctors may prescribe it to help people with ...

4. Some Medicare recipients eligible for weight loss medication

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   Wegovy was approved for weight loss management by the Food and Drug Administration in 2021. ... Medicare officials said weight loss drugs are not covered when used for chronic weight management in ...

5. Medicare can pay for obesity drugs like Wegovy for certain ...

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   Medicare can pay for the popular weight-loss drug Wegovy — as long as the patients using it also have heart disease and need to reduce the risk of future heart attacks, strokes and other serious ...

6. Medicare coverage for weight loss programs: What to know - AOL

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   While Medicare does not usually pay for weight loss programs, coverage can fund certain elements of obesity support. For example: For example: Part A covers in-hospital care such as surgery

7. Wegovy to be covered by US Medicare for heart disease patients

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   Heart patients insured under the U.S. Medicare program would be covered for Novo Nordisk's weight-loss drug Wegovy as long as it is prescribed to reduce their risk of heart attacks and strokes ...