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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced Tuesday it’s reinterpreting federal law to allow Medicare and Medicaid patients access to anti-obesity medications to reduce their weight over the long term. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid’s proposed rule, which the Trump administration would need to finalize before it would take effect, is expected to cost $25 […]
Millions of Americans with obesity could soon gain access to popular weight-loss drugs including Wegovy and Ozempic through Medicare and Medicaid under a new proposal from the Biden administration. Announced Tuesday by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the rule aims to make these costly medications available to a broader population, sparking a […]
The proposed rule could give millions of Americans access to the new drugs; it would also put pressure on the federal budget. Source link
As Australia follows the U.S. in its cruel treatment of asylum seekers, it’s important to remember that compassion can go a long way. Frances Rush writes. LAST WEEK saw the double gut-punch of a Trump triumph overseas and the introduction of a draconian new deportation bill here in Australia. Labor’s knee-jerk legislation, which could allow […]
(WHTM) — Pennsylvania U.S. Senator Jon Fetterman took to social media to react to Dr. Mehmet Oz being nominated for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator role. Taking to X, Fetterman wrote in a post on Tuesday that he would possibly vote for Oz, posting “If Dr. Oz is about protecting and preserving […]
President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday he will nominate Mehmet Oz, a former Pennsylvania Senate candidate and TV personality, to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. “He is an eminent Physician, Heart Surgeon, Inventor, and World-Class Communicator, who has been at the forefront of healthy living for decades,” Trump said in a statement, adding […]
Pennsylvania Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz poses for a portrait outside of a poling location during the primary election in Rockledge, Pennsylvania, U.S. May 17, 2022. Hannah Beier | Reuters President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would nominate Dr. Mehmet Oz — celebrity TV host and former U.S. Senate candidate — as […]
President-elect Trump has picked doctor and TV personality Mehmet Oz to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), he announced on Tuesday. Why it matters: Oz is a household name and became a Trump world ally during a failed 2022 Senate run. But he has no experience running a large government bureaucracy like […]
President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday announced his intent to nominate Mehmet Oz — better known by his television moniker “Dr. Oz” — to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. If confirmed, Oz would oversee a sprawling federal agency that manages health care coverage for nearly half of Americans through Medicaid, Medicare, the Children’s […]
The future of one of President Joe Biden’s key domestic policy achievements — getting Medicare to negotiate drug prices — could either become part of the Biden administration’s legacy, get rolled back by the incoming Congress or be weakened by President-elect Donald Trump’s administration. Trump has remained relatively mum about the drug pricing provisions of […]