The Medicare GLP-1 Discount Has One Big Catch: Some Sick Patients Don’t Qualify

In January, Jeff La Marca got a prescription for the popular weight loss drug Zepbound. But he couldn’t afford the $750 monthly price tag. Then Medicare launched an 18-month pilot program that offers GLP-1 medications to some enrollees for only $50 a month. La Marca thought he might finally be able to afford the drug. “I thought, ‘Thank God, there’s a path,’” said La Marca, who lives in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, and has tried numerous diets and exercise regimes. But the 68-year-old’s celebration was short-lived. His application to the pilot program was denied. La Marca has seve...

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