{"id":10,"date":"2026-09-06T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/mikecaininsurance-com\/2026\/09\/06\/affordable-glp-1s-could-benefit-14-million-medicare-recipients\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T13:00:00","slug":"affordable-glp-1s-could-benefit-14-million-medicare-recipients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mikecaininsurance.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/06\/affordable-glp-1s-could-benefit-14-million-medicare-recipients\/","title":{"rendered":"Affordable GLP-1s Could Benefit 14 Million Medicare Recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>A new Medicare GLP-1 Bridge pilot program will allow about 14 million Medicare Part D recipients to access certain GLP-1 weight loss medications for $50 per month from July 1, 2026, through December 31, 2027. The program lifts previous Medicare restrictions on weight loss drug coverage but excludes some forms and has limitations, including a time cap and costs not counting toward deductibles or out-of-pocket limits. GLP-1 drugs aid weight loss by suppressing appetite and managing blood sugar, but lifestyle changes remain essential.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.healthline.com\/health-news\/low-cost-wegovy-zepbound-medicare-glp-1-pilot-program\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new Medicare GLP-1 Bridge pilot program will allow about 14 million Medicare Part D recipients to access certain GLP-1 weight loss medications for $50 per month from July 1, 2026, through December 31, 2027. The program lifts previous Medicare restrictions on weight loss drug coverage but excludes some forms and has limitations, including a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":270,"featured_media":38,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mikecaininsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mikecaininsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mikecaininsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mikecaininsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/270"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mikecaininsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mikecaininsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mikecaininsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mikecaininsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mikecaininsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mikecaininsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}