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Medicare weight-loss drug coverage could overwhelm doctors
Next month's launch of a Medicare program providing weight-loss drugs for $50 a month is expected to unleash pent-up demand for Wegovy, Zepbound and other blockbuster treatments — and create new bottlenecks at doctors' offices. The big picture: It could become one of the biggest drug rollouts ever — and it could test an already burdened system as seniors seek new GLP-1 prescriptions. Clinicians worry that could also give short shrift to patient counseling on how to take the injectables and pill…
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