GLP-1 Medicare Coverage: How to Get It for $50 (And the Catch)

Woman showing a semaglutide pen injection for weight loss and obesity during a video call consultation with a doctor on a mobile phone, with her pet dog watching curiously.

This is a story about the largest lizard and the largest health care payer in the country. But mostly, it’s about the millions of Medicare beneficiaries who might receive coverage of GLP-1 drugs.

Americans have taken to these drugs fast. Eleven percent of U.S. adults now use a GLP-1 for weight loss, while 15% say they’ve used one at some point, according to Gallup.