Faced with obesity stats, lawmakers mulling weight-loss drug coverage for Medicaid recipients

BATON ROUGE, LA. (KLFY) – The Senate Health and Welfare Committee debated a bill that would require Medicaid to cover FDA-approved weight-loss medications for its recipients. Roughly 145,000 Medicaid adults in the state would qualify for coverage of the weight-loss medicines, according to the Louisiana Department of Health Medicaid Director Seth Gold. Senate Bill 433, [...]