{"id":656856,"date":"2026-06-25T03:51:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T03:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/656856\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T03:51:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T03:51:22","slug":"new-pilot-program-offers-reduced-cost-gl-1-medications-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/656856\/","title":{"rendered":"New Pilot Program Offers Reduced Cost GL-1 Medications | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"New Pilot Program Offers Reduced Cost GL-1 Medications\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6a3c3195a5f2b.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>WHITESBORO, N.Y &#8212; Starting next Wednesday, eligible Medicare patients will be able to enroll in the new Medicare GLP-1 Bridge Program offered by Kinney Drugs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The pilot program will provide qualifying customers access to medications, including Wegovy, Zepbound, and Fundayo, for a monthly copay of $50 through the end of 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Shannon Miller, the Kinney Drugs vice president of healthcare operations, said that the program is designed to expand access to weight-loss treatments for Medicare patients who may not have previously had coverage for the medications.<\/p>\n<p>To qualify, patients must be enrolled in an eligible Medicare Part D plan and meet certain health requirements.<\/p>\n<p>People interested in participating need to\u00a0schedule an appointment with their healthcare provider to determine whether they meet the eligibility requirements.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Starting next Wednesday, eligible Medicare patients will be able to enroll in the new Medicare GLP-1 Bridge Program offered by Kinney Drugs.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WHITESBORO, N.Y &#8212; Starting next Wednesday, eligible Medicare patients will be able to enroll in the new Medicare&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":656857,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[220527,18729,102,220525,220526,5059,220528,6591,56,54,55,14183,23197,106149],"class_list":["post-656856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-fundayo","tag-glp-1","tag-health","tag-kinney","tag-kinney-drugs","tag-medicare","tag-medicare-glp-1-bridge-program","tag-medication","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wegovy","tag-weight-loss-drugs","tag-zepbound"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=656856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/656857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=656856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=656856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}