Obesity
Obesity
Addressing Obesity
For over 15 years, Schaeffer researchers have examined obesity’s consequences for government budgets, including Medicare and Social Security, the impact it has on individuals’ health outcomes, and the value of new interventions and treatments.
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A Diabetes Paradox: Better Health, But Still Out of Work
Featured Experts: Jack M. Chapel
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STAT
Expanded coverage of GLP-1s is “probably the single most effective policy” for improving public health, Goldman says
Featured Experts: Dana Goldman
The Wall Street Journal
Many firms producing knockoff weight-loss drugs are “pushing the envelope” on legal requirements for compounders, Schiller says
Featured Experts: Lowell Schiller
Medscape
Medicare coverage of obesity drugs could presure other insurers to follow suit, Ward says
Featured Experts: Alison Sexton Ward
USC Today
Obesity and diabetes drugs can catalyze profound changes in your body — and in public health, too
Featured Experts: Darius Lakdawalla, Anne Peters, Christopher Scannell
Oprah Daily
Qato discusses disparities in GLP-1 coverage
Featured Experts: Dima M. Qato
Featured White Paper
Benefits of Medicare Coverage for Weight Loss Drugs
The cumulative social benefits from Medicare coverage for new obesity treatments over the next 10 years would reach almost $1 trillion, or roughly $100 billion per year.
Experts: Alison Sexton Ward, Bryan Tysinger, PhuongGiang Nguyen, Dana Goldman, Darius Lakdawalla
Scholar Testimony
Testimony on Incentivizing Chronic Disease Prevention and Treatment
Rebalancing the healthcare system to favor prevention and cures can potentially reduce the long-term burden of obesity and other chronic diseases, Senior Scholar Anne Peters testified before the House Ways and Means health subcommittee.
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