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How Would Authorizing Medicare to Cover Anti-Obesity Medications Affect the Federal Budget?

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Treatment with certain anti-obesity medications (AOMs) has been shown to lead to significant weight loss and improved health when recipients use the drugs consistently and at the prescribed time intervals. Currently, Medicare is prohibited by law from covering medications for weight management as part of the standard prescription drug benefit.

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  • Congressional Budget Office, 2024. "How Would Authorizing Medicare to Cover Anti-Obesity Medications Affect the Federal Budget?," Reports 60441, Congressional Budget Office.
    • Handle: RePEc:cbo:report:60441
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    JEL classification:

    • H51 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Health
    • H60 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - General
    • H68 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - Forecasts of Budgets, Deficits, and Debt
    • I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
    • I13 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Insurance, Public and Private
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health

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