Biden to propose expanded Medicare, Medicaid coverage of obesity drugs, official says

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : Biden's Inflation Reduction Act also required pharmaceutical companies to negotiate drug prices with Medicare, which covers 66 million people.
46% : U.S. President Joe Biden will propose expanding coverage of anti-obesity drugs for millions on Medicare and Medicaid, which could cut out-of-pocket expenses for some by as much as 95%, a White House official said on Tuesday.
44% : A new proposed regulation, to be published by the Department of Health and Human Services later on Tuesday, would require Medicare to cover these drugs as a treatment for obesity, expanding access for an estimated 3.4 million Americans with Medicare.
32% : Biden, a Democrat, has pushed hard to bring down the cost of healthcare and prescription drugs, such as by capping the cost of insulin at $35 for seniors receiving Medicare, and enacting a $2,000 cap on out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for the same group.

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