Medicare will start covering weight-loss drugs on July 1 for the first time. Here’s what you need to know

Medicare will start covering weight-loss drugs on July 1 for the first time. Here’s what you need to know
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By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Millions of Medicare enrollees will gain their first-ever coverage for drugs for weight loss under a temporary pilot program that launches July 1. Mary Abrahamson hopes to be one of them. The rural Washington resident was tired of carrying extra weight on her 5-fo...