Health Watch | Drugmaker Novo Nordisk Ozempic and Wegovy Maker Courts Black Leaders to get Medicare's Federal Funding Favor

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Article Snip: "...Pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk has turned to influential Black Americans in pursuit of what would be a lucrative victory: having Medicare cover a new class of weight loss drugs, including the company's highly sought Wegovy, which can cost patients more than $1,000 a month. During a conference of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation last fall — a jampacked gathering featuring prominent Black lawmakers and President Joe Biden — Novo Nordisk sponsored a..."

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Novo Nordisk is trying to reverse a 20-year-old ban on coverage of drugs used for weight loss under Medicare, Dangerous Drugs, How Many Drugs Does Your Drug-Pusher Doctor Have You On Now, Duping Americans for Profit, Congressional Black Caucus (Primarily Democrat lawmakers on Capitol Hill),

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