Doctor says Biden’s weight-loss drug proposal is a “formal recognition” that weight problems is an sickness

The Biden administration is proposing a brand new rule that will make widespread weight reduction medicine like Ozempic lined by Medicare and Medicaid. CBS News medical contributor Dr. Celine Gounder discusses whether or not the present or subsequent administration could make this occur.

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