{"id":6,"date":"2026-09-03T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/kclegacyinsurancesolutions-com\/2026\/09\/03\/medicare-expands-glp-1-weight-loss-drug-coverage\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T17:00:00","slug":"medicare-expands-glp-1-weight-loss-drug-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kclegacyinsurancesolutions.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/03\/medicare-expands-glp-1-weight-loss-drug-coverage\/","title":{"rendered":"Medicare Expands GLP-1 Weight-Loss Drug Coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/keith-williams-4\/insurance-changes-impact-remotion-videos-41ab\"\n                frameborder=\"0\"\n                allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"\n                allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>A federal health coverage change meant up to 56M Americans now have access to certain weight loss medications through a new discount pathway.<br \/>\nEligible beneficiaries enrolled in prescription drug coverage could get some GLP-1 weight loss medications for $50 a mo under the bridge program.<br \/>\nThe access test began July 1 and runs through Dec. 31, 2027, giving eligible users more time to use the discount pathway.<br \/>\nQualification depends on BMI thresholds, with broader access for BMI 35+, and additional health-condition requirements for lower BMI ranges when applying for coverage.<br \/>\nPeople already receiving these medications through existing prescription drug coverage were not eligible for the bridge, so checking status with a doctor mattered.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal health coverage change meant up to 56M Americans now have access to certain weight loss medications through a new discount pathway. Eligible beneficiaries enrolled in prescription drug coverage could get some GLP-1 weight loss medications for $50 a mo under the bridge program. The access test began July 1 and runs through Dec. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":207,"featured_media":34,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kclegacyinsurancesolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kclegacyinsurancesolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kclegacyinsurancesolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kclegacyinsurancesolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kclegacyinsurancesolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kclegacyinsurancesolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kclegacyinsurancesolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kclegacyinsurancesolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kclegacyinsurancesolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kclegacyinsurancesolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}