These include the prescription peptides Ozempic (semaglutide), Victorza (liraglutide), and Mounjaro (tirzepatide)
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The 2021 STEP 4 trial, published in JAMA, showed that people who continued semaglutide after an initial 20-week run-in kept losing weight, while those who switched to placebo regained nearly 7% of their body weight, confirming that ongoing treatment is key to maintaining results
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(To put these numbers in context, consider that the federal government now spends about $145 billion a year on the entire Part D program.) Its likely that all people enrolled in Part D would have to pay higher monthly premiums if Medicare were to cover weight-loss injections, Baig and coauthors write
Whether theyre covered also depends on whether the employer group included weight-loss drugs in the benefit design