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Mehmet Oz: “Starting on July 1, the patients on beneficiaries on…”

Featuring: Mehmet Oz, Republican | Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | National

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LIVE: White House briefing with Dr. Oz Mehmet

Published | Video Starts at 12:03

It's an opportunity for you to be empowered. That stated, I want to add to that one additional insight that some of you would like to hear, which is that Starting on July 1, the patients on beneficiaries on Medicare who are eligible for GLP products, the weight loss products that the President speaks of frequently, will be allowed to obtain those products for $50 a month. Now, the list price, as you know, for these drugs is well over $1,000 a month. (12:03–12:18)

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Asserts that Medicare beneficiaries can obtain GLP products for $50 a month starting July 1.

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