Diabetes drug Ozempic is costing Medicare billions of dollars

Hosted by Jonathan Bastian Mar. 27, 2024 Health & Wellness

New analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation shows that Medicare spending on weight loss drugs like Ozempic rose to $5.7 billion in 2022 — up from $57 million in 2018.

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Credits

Guest:

Juliette Cubanski - deputy director of the Kaiser Family Foundation’s program on Medicare policy

Host:

Jonathan Bastian

Producers:

Sarah Sweeney, Angie Perrin, Amy Ta, Brian Hardzinski, Bennett Purser, Kelsey Ngante, Zeke Reed, Andrea Brody, Jack Ross

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