{"id":784052,"date":"2026-07-25T17:04:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T17:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/784052\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T17:04:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T17:04:07","slug":"one-in-eight-u-s-adults-uses-glp-1-drugs-medicare-now-opens-weight-loss-access-komo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/784052\/","title":{"rendered":"One in eight U.S. adults uses GLP-1 drugs; Medicare now opens weight-loss access &#8211; KOMO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_AFBVV95cUxOcHR3STlfcFhCN3ltNEx5UDkxSGdteklTS3BiekRSVGhOU3ZzZzZiVjBYd1ZSWWVZOEZGd0VVQTJnQkhJbG5HUlpUSG1mZHVPekJObHlydTdsMVVIMjFnUmQxSEQ0UnIwM002OGxnVUh0ZHZ2dWktUGh1TTctV3pVT2JRQXlhaTl3dmdPYUZfbDFwSW5GRWVEVFlpcmZrRXNKclk3QkJrQi1WZWg3WTBPTlNReGdLdFZycFNoQlRxVWk1SDRoUmo4dmNiUjNXOXlJZmNJRHg2RUhLcnRTOEtIbnpYLW9JcFFnMlJtM1ZBU3FIR2RyUV9PdTk3dFY?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">One in eight U.S. adults uses GLP-1 drugs; Medicare now opens weight-loss access<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;KOMO<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwAFBVV95cUxPTDhaVmptdGJGOTFReU82YkZ6RXRNdU9fSWNNQmhNRTctUUt0YXFkXzYzZ2JYTkZHZHhBekR6bEFId1RZZXJoYkNDdUlzRDhTSmNHa0FnZjR0SDZSaVRIRHpwUlMzZEtPcFgxdVZBVTFxNzZmWnNUcjByTnV0eklQLTEweDV3d2JyTm5FeExaUTBsOTg5VTNDNjhHWVY1Qm13dmxBeHpsQ0IzeGI3Y2JrcG1rYTBKeDlMSVA2MzNJSUI?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Many US patients opt for obesity drug injections, defying some expectations<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Reuters<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMia0FVX3lxTE5rX3FqSWtIUlZkTVpQS1hYcFJnNVh5WWlfT3d4M2I5cmtaTTVlSng1SjVRUENhOW5YRkZsYnZIczNBWHpqZ0RxQ3hUeHd6bzFId0VIU1gtYWVlRnpuMzdFbTZydXphQlpJX1FV?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Opinion | The Upside-Down World of the GLP-1 Bridge<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;MedPage Today<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">HEALTH FIRST: New Medicare program offers low-cost GLP-1 weight loss drugs<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;WECT<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiswFBVV95cUxNZi1qTm5TdWxjd2NWNGxlN0E5aExZbEtXQmE4a2hwYno3YUtWVEluT1diWWc4UmhJT0h6YjVoWGxLS2dsWnZCMERWaTU1VVduNXNBRnRGZlpwazVQX3JRRGpQZ0MtSzJXMUh3Tl9XTllzZTdvamdTTnVqbDFsanc5TUxEem84N1YzQ1otV01OVWw1VWtfRDFnMnNvb2dQaHdTRFlyVTBCcUNJdlpDbWJqU29CZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Two Weeks In: What the Medicare GLP-1 Bridge Actually Looks Like at the Counter<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Pharmacy Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One in eight U.S. adults uses GLP-1 drugs; Medicare now opens weight-loss access&nbsp;&nbsp;KOMOMany US patients opt for obesity&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":740090,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[97,243],"class_list":["post-784052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-health","tag-medication"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=784052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/740090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=784052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=784052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=784052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}