GLP-1 meds now covered by Medicare with some restrictions Earlier this month, Medicare launched a new program Bridge that reverses a decades-long policy of not covering weight-loss treatments, and now gives some people over age 65, or who have Medicare for other reasons, access to some weight-loss medications including GLP-1 drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound if they meet certain weight and health criteria
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More than 2,000 people start taking GLP-1 drugs each month in Massachusetts, according to the state's largest insurer Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, which recently announced it will no longer cover the drugs solely for weight loss, in most cases
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