The median wait time between referral and appointment was 34 days, and 18 percent of patients waited more than 90 days, the study found.

Although Medicare enrollees typically don't pay a premium for Part A, which covers hospital care, there's a cost for being admitted to the hospital. In 2025, you'll face a $1,676 inpatient deductible, up from $1,632 in 2024.

Diabetes and weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy have been added to the list of medications selected for Medicare price negotiations, federal health officials announced Friday. The negotiations for the 15 additional drugs, which will be handled by the incoming administration, assure major savings for Americans.

The Biden administration on Friday released its next round of prescription drugs selected for Medicare price negotiations, which includes Ozempic.

The U.S. government named 15 drugs that will be subject to the second round of price negotiations by Medicare, including Ozempic and Wegovy, the drugs at the center of the weight-loss craze. The Biden administration said the drugs account for $41 billion in annual Medicare spending,

Ozempic and Wegovy, the blockbuster but costly GLP-1 drugs often used for weight loss, are among the 15 medications that will be subject to the next round of Medicare price negotiations, the Biden administration announced Friday.

The hugely popular medications Ozempic and Wegovy​, used for diabetes and weight loss, will be included in the next round of talks to negotiate lower Medicare drug prices.

Popular weight loss and diabetes drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy have been added to Medicare’s list of medications that will be negotiated directly between the government and drug manufacturers, the Biden administration said Friday.

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This is obviously bad news for the elderly. Just as the human body and brain are fundamentally different in childhood, so too do they differ in old age. Immunological functioning weakens, muscle mass declines, the kidneys become smaller and the body stores water differently. Medication functions differently in both the body and the brain.