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Expands Medicare coverage for intensive behavioral therapy (IBT) for obesity by allowing more kinds of clinicians and a community counseling program to furnish and be paid for IBT, subject to coordination and referral rules. It also changes Medicare Part D language to improve coverage of obesity medications (with the Part D change taking effect for plan years starting at least two years after enactment) and requires HHS to report to Congress within one year and every two years on implementation and coordination across federal programs.
The bill aims to increase access to obesity treatment for adults on Medicare, adjust prescription coverage rules for anti-obesity drugs, and create ongoing federal reporting and recommendations to improve clinical care and program coordination.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced June 5, 2025 by Bill Cassidy · Last progress June 5, 2025