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WASHINGTON 鈥?About 3.6 million Medicare enrollees may qualify for coverage of the anti-obesity drug Wegovy, according to a KFF analysis released Wednesday. But it could wind up costing Medicare n
stanley cup early $3 billion a year and contribute to higher Part D premiums for all beneficiaries.Medicare announced last month that Part D drug plans could start covering Wegovy for beneficiaries who are overweight or obese and have a history of heart disease after the US Food and Drug Administration approved drugmaker Novo Nordisks application to add cardiovascular benefits to the medicines label.GLP-1 medications such as Wegovy and its sister drug Ozempic, which is approved to treat diabetes, have exploded in popularity because they can lead to weight loss. Medicare is banned by law from covering anti-obesity drugs, but the FDAs expanded Wegovy approval for reducing the risk of heart attack and stroke in certain people opens the door to more beneficiaries being covered.An estimated 7% of Medicare enrollees 鈥?including just over a quarter of those diagnosed as overweight or obese 鈥?fit the criteria for Wegovy coverage in 2020, according to KFF. Of the 3.6 million benef
stanley uk iciaries, 1.9 million of them had diabetes and may have been already been eligible for Medicare coverage of GLP-1 drugs for that disease.Just how many beneficiaries start taking Wegovy depends on several factors, including how many insurers add it to th
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While he admitted publicly that NFL game officials -- as New Orleans Saints fans would spell it -- bleaux a major non-call in the NFC championship game, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said it was not under consideration by him to overturn the game and have it replayed. Absolutely not, Goodell said at his annual Super Bowl news conference Wednesday at the Georgia World Congress Center.Most of the questions focused during Goodell s s
stanley mug ession with the media was on a call that was not made in that game against the Los Angeles Rams, who went on to win in overtime and advance to Super Bowl LIII.Late in the fourth quarter, a Saints-led Drew Brees
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