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Lawmakers approve Medicaid pathway for weight-loss medications

BATON ROUGE — Framework created for FDA-approved obesity drugs Louisiana lawmakers have approved legislation creating a pathway for future Medicaid coverage of FDA-approved weight-loss medications, a move supporters say could help address one of the state’s most persistent public health challenges.

Senate Bill 433 by Sen. Gerald Boudreaux was signed into law as Act 898. The measure requires the Lou…

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