Today, the Biden-Harris Administration is proposing a new rule to significantly expand coverage of anti-obesity medications for Americans with Medicare and Medicaid. Tens of millions of Americans struggle with obesity. An estimated 42 percent of the U.S. population has obesity, which is now widely recognized as a chronic disease, with increased risk of all-cause mortality and multiple related comorbidities such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, stroke, some cancers, and more.

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    1 month ago

    You’re right but c’mon it is damn hilarious that we as a society feel it’s easier to invent a drug to not get fat than it is to stop food manufacturers from making us absolute garbage to eat.

    An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

    But by all means finding new drugs means more people can get rich! Solving the crap food crisis makes less people money.