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WASHINGTON — Medicare officials announced plans to negotiate the prices of blockbuster diabetes and weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, further complicating big decisions the Trump administration will have to make about how to cover the medications.

Diabetes and weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy have been added to the list of medications selected for Medicare price negotiations, federal health officials announced Friday. The negotiations for the 15 additional drugs, which will be handled by the incoming administration, assure major savings for Americans.

The government is expected to pay lower prices for Ozempic and Wegovy starting in 2027. The Trump administration will decide whether to expand coverage for millions of Americans.

New Rule Seeks to Expand Medicare and Medicaid Coverage of Weight Loss Drugs. The Biden Administration has proposed a new rule that would expand Medicare and Medicaid coverage for enrollees seeking prescription drugs popularized in recent years as weight-loss expedients.

The hugely popular medications Ozempic and Wegovy​, used for diabetes and weight loss, will be included in the next round of talks to negotiate lower Medicare drug prices.

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Just how much Medicare price negotiations will negatively impact Novo Nordisk, though, depends on what the final negotiated prices for Ozempic, Wegovy, and Rybelsus will be. In Medicare's negotiations for 2026, the new prices achieved an average of 22% savings.

Wegovy, Ozempic, and other weight loss drugs have drastically changed the treatment of obesity, but consumers have complained about high out-of-pocket prices. Medicare does not cover the two ...

The Biden administration announced Friday that Ozempic, Wegovy and 13 additional drugs will now be covered under Medicare Part-D for price negotiations, the next round of negotiations under the Inflation Reduction Act passed by President Joe Biden in 2022.