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Opinion | The Upside-Down World of the GLP-1 Bridge
I spent 10 minutes in complete silence in my patient's room today, my eyes scanning lines of text in the electronic medical record. I wasn't looking for a life-threatening lab value or an undiscovered malignancy. I was hunting for an old diagnostic code for obstructive sleep apnea. When I finally found the assessment section of a sleep study from 2019, I celebrated. She had mild obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
My patient has class 3 obesity, prediabetes, hypertension, and mild (thankfully) OSA. With the recent trial launch of the federal Medicare GLP-1 Bridge program, American medicine has officially stepped into a contentious, bureaucratic "upside down" where being relatively healthier makes it easier to get treated, and being sicker can mean you're left behind. A subtle change from mild to moderate OSA would completely ruin her chances at receiving an affordable GLP-1 through the bridge program.
HEALTH FIRST: New Medicare program offers low-cost GLP-1 weight loss drugs
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – A new Medicare program is making select GLP-1 weight loss drugs more affordable for eligible patients, with costs as low as $50 a month.
Dr. Kara Bird with Novant Health was in the studio to discuss the Medicare GLP Bridge Program and who qualifies.
According to Dr. Bird, the program is available to Medicare Part D recipients who meet specific medical criteria, including:
“Call your doctor. Ask if you qualify,” Dr. Bird said. “If you know you have Medicare Part D, see if you have those other qualifying factors.”
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