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Medicare will start covering weight-loss drugs on July 1 for the first time
Millions of Medicare enrollees will gain their first-ever coverage for drugs for weight loss under a temporary pilot program that launches July 1.Mary Abrahamson hopes to be one of them.The rural Washington resident was tired of carrying extra weight on her 5-foot-3-inch frame. It made it harder for
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