Name: New deal could lower cost of weight loss drugs for some Americans
Uploaded: 2025-11-07T00:12:34.337Z
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Description: Some people on weight loss drugs may be able to get them at a much lower cost next year after President Trump announced a new deal on Thursday with the drug makers of certain GLP-1s.

Some people on weight loss drugs may be able to get them at a much lower cost next year after President Trump announced a new deal on Thursday with the drug makers of certain GLP-1s.

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The Trump administration has announced an agreement with pharmaceutical companies Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to lower the cost of popular weight loss drugs for eligible Americans. Under the plan, the lowest doses of Wegovy and Zepbound could be available for $245 and $149 per month, respectively, a significant reduction from current prices exceeding $1,300 monthly without insurance.

The reduced prices will be available through a program called Trump Rx, expected to launch next year, possibly by spring. Eligibility will be limited to Medicare patients diagnosed as pre-diabetic, with stage 3 kidney disease, or severe obesity. This initiative is part of a broader effort to use government purchasing power to reduce pharmaceutical costs. The report also notes a separate federal court order requiring the administration to pay full SNAP benefits for November, affecting about 42 million Americans.

New deal could lower cost of weight loss drugs for some Americans

Some people who have been shelling out nearly $1,500 a month for weight-loss drugs may be able to get them for a fraction of the cost next year after President Trump announced a new deal today with the drug makers the White House reached an agreement with pharmaceutical companies Eli Lilly the maker of Zepp bound and Munjaro and Novo Nordisk the maker of we go V and ozempic so without insurance the price of these injectables also known as GLP ones can cost more than $1,300 a month but under the president's plan will go V's lowest dose would start at $245 a month that bounds lowest dose would start at a hundred and forty nine dollars a month Earlier the takeouts major Garrett spoke to the CEO of Novo Nordisk who was in the Oval Office for the announcement today I think there was actually a good dialogue Constructive dialogue for months now trying to see how we could reduce the price and expand access Which is all along what our company has been asking for for more Let's bring in CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe So Ed who will be eligible for these lower-cost drugs, and when will this start? Yeah, well it starts whenever Trump Rx launches the administration says it'll be sometime next year potentially by the spring and in Essence it's it's people who are Medicare patients and essentially are diagnosed as pre by a bet Pre-diabetic or have stage 3 kidney disease or people who are severely obese So, you know it very clearly you have to have a specific medical condition This just can't be someone who's getting on these drugs just because they want to lose 20 pounds or something like that and the fact that this Is happening at all is part of an ongoing push by the administration Similar what the Biden administration have been trying to do to use the government's purchasing power Bulk purchasing power through Medicare and Medicaid to drive down the cost of pharmaceuticals Which of course people have been saying for years can be too expensive I want to ask you a federal judge in Rhode Island has ordered the Trump administration to pay snap benefits to states for the month Of November in full by tomorrow. What can you tell us? Yeah, we have yet to receive any response from the White House regarding this ruling There were two federal court cases over the weekend that essentially told the Agriculture Department the administration Pay the snap benefits as much as you can They announced there were plans to pay out the money they have and essentially do a partial payment to people who are on the snap Program and remember it's about 42 million Americans roughly 12% of the country that relies on snap in some way So even partial benefits are welcome, but certainly not going to do enough again if that order stands It's unclear at this hour at least how the Agriculture Department would do that Which would suggest that perhaps the administration will appeal this higher up the Legal food chain and try to get a ruling that gives them more time to sort it out But of course the other way to sort it out would be if Congress were to reopen the government which as you just reported Still could be a few days away. I don't keep thank you

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