Older adults’ views on insurance coverage for weight management medications

JAMA Network Open

2025-03-26

(Press-News.org) About The Study: In this survey study of older U.S. adults, most participants agreed that Medicare should cover weight management medications and more than half of those with body mass index (BMI) of 30 or greater were interested in using them. These results should inform decisions to include weight management medications in the Medicare and commercial insurance programs, as well as utilization policies to control health care costs.

Corresponding Author: To contact the corresponding author, Lauren Oshman, MD, MPH, email laoshman@umich.edu.

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