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Patients who are not approved may be advised to pursue GLP-1 treatment through a different access pathway that better accommodates their clinical situation
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For example, instead of 10mg once weekly, they inject 5mg twice weekly
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Fiscal Impact of Expanded Medicare Coverage for GLP-1 Receptor Agonists to Treat Obesity was published in JAMA Health Forum in April 2025