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Bernard Sanders: “If just 10 percent of people with obesity on Medicare took these drugs, it could cost Medicare up to $27 billion a year.”

On the recordDecember 14, 2023
If just 10 percent of people with obesity on Medicare took these drugs, it could cost Medicare up to $27 billion a year.
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Bernard Sanders
Vermont

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Highlighting the potential financial burden of diabetes drugs on Medicare.

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