However, with monthly costs reaching $1,000 to $1,300, affordability remains a significant barrier. "It's a good day for anyone who suffers from obesity," said HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra. "It's ...

Xavier Becerra is reflecting on tenure as HHS secretary. He told Scripps News, ... Among the medications are popular weight loss treatments like Wegovy and Ozempic.

Becerra said Biden officials had spent considerable time reviewing the plan to expand Medicare coverage for weight-loss drugs, adding that the timing of Tuesday’s announcement was driven by the ...

“For some people, this is a big deal,” said Xavier Becerra, ... The Biden administration last year proposed expanding ...

The Biden administration proposed a rule for Medicare and Medicaid to cover the costs of weight-loss drugs for millions ... their interests first,” said HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra in a ...

Mr Becerra implored Mr Kennedy to look at the science showing the benefit of weight-loss drugs. “We really need to use every tool we’ve got in the toolbox … to try to keep America healthy ...

Millions of Americans with obesity would be eligible to have popular weight-loss drugs like Wegovy or Ozempic covered by Medicare or Medicaid under a new rule the Biden administration proposed ...

Becerra, whose term as HHS secretary is set to end in January, said he would urge Kennedy to look at the data demonstrating ...

Medicare to negotiate price of Ozempic, Wegovy weight-loss drugs. ... “For some people, this is a big deal,” said Xavier Becerra, the nation’s top health official.