Older Adults’ Views on Insurance Coverage for Weight Management Medications
In this survey study of older US adults, most participants agreed that Medicare should cover weight management medications and more than half of those with BMI of 30 or greater were interested in using them. These results should inform decisions to include weight management medications in the Medicare and commercial insurance programs, as well as utilization policies to control health care costs.
Authors
- J. Scott Roberts (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1083-8299)
- Dina Mohamed Hafez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2260-0299)
- Erica Solway (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1239-7231)
- Lauren D. Oshman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7134-970X)
- Matthias Kirch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8850-6449)
- Preeti Malani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8263-8408)
- Dianne Singer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6612-3340)
- Jeffrey T. Kullgren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6269-5707)
Institutions
- University of Michigan (US)
- VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2025-03-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.2008
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Pharmacology and Obesity Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.39