Post by Michigan Medicine

It's literally been against the law for Medicare to cover weight loss medications for people over 65 and people with disabilities. That changed this week, with the start of a new program called Bridge. One of our top #obesity treatment specialists, who is helping clinics across Michigan prepare for the surge of patients seeking GLP-1 prescriptions under the new program, explains who's eligible, who's not, and how it works: https://michmed.org/en8Dm #healthpolicy