What costs $1,349 in the US is only $92 in the UK. Why are weight loss drugs so pricey?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Medicaid provides coverage to lower-income Americans.
57% : Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services officials estimate the expansion would cost about $40 billion over 10 years.
53% : A recent survey by Mercer, a benefits consultant, found that 44% of large employers covered them for obesity, an increase from 41% in 2023. What would expanded Medicare and Medicaid coverage mean? Medicare is the federal program that provides health insurance to Americans ages 65 and older.
36% : Millions of Americans could have expanded Medicare and Medicaid to cover blockbuster weight loss drugs under a proposed federal rule announced Tuesday.

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