doi:10.1038/s41443-024-00895-6 Written by Hugo Francisco de Souza Hugo Francisco de Souza is a scientific writer based in Bangalore, Karnataka, India
In other words, Medicare has been willing to pay for the costly consequences of excess weightwhile refusing to pay for drugs that could address the underlying disease
These practices may be due to medical providers having biases about which patients will be able to afford certain medications, or about the effectiveness of medications in different patient groups. And again, not all insurance companies will cover them, and even if they do, co-pays and out-of-pocket costs can be prohibitive
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