At Last, a Budget Estimate for Covering Obesity in Medicare
October 9, 2024 — For a decade now, we’ve been waiting for the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to publish a budget estimate for covering obesity care in Medicare. Yesterday, they finally did it. They told us the cost for covering these meds might start at $1.6 billion in 2026 and rise to $7 billion by 2034. They saw the […]
