Protect NC Medicaid Coverage of Obesity Medications

Background: In August 2024, advocates celebrated the start of North Carolina Medicaid coverage for obesity medication. Now, less than a year after coverage began, the House of Representatives passed a budget with a provision that would eliminate Medicaid coverage for FDA-approved obesity medications, including GLP-1s.

Read more about the issue: Stephanie Page: Obesity medication merits inclusion in NC Medicaid plan

Ending NC Medicaid coverage of anti-obesity drugs would be a terrible mistake

Take Action Now: Use the OAC advocacy tool to urge North Carolina lawmakers to treat obesity the same as we treat other chronic diseases by protecting Medicaid coverage for obesity medications.

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