Rep. Dave Schweikert (R-AZ) thinks weight loss drugs could lead to lower obesity rates, which could lead to less government spending on health care. It might not be so simple.
to tighten the U.S. government’s belt. But now, he has a novel idea on how to reduce the deficit: tightening the belts of Americans through Ozempic.
“It's not fat shaming; it's actually fat loving,” Schweikert said. “We can love our brothers and sisters back to health.”as influencers championed the drug as a weight loss miracle. TikTok users have viewed the Ozempic hashtag 1.3 billion times. Similar drugs like Wegovy have also sky-rocketed in popularity.
Schweikert’s proposal may sound goofy—particularly when there’s so little known about the long term effects of these drugs—but there’s some wisdom in the idea that drugs like Ozempic could cut pounds and the national deficit. At least to some extent.in July that addressed federal health care spending and obesity. Committee economists project that between 2024 and 2033 government spending on obesity and obesity-related diseases will amount to $4.1 trillion.
But Schweikert, a lean House Freedom Caucus member who represents parts of Scottsdale and Fountain Hills, Arizona, may be overstating exactly how much these drugs could help Americans balance lower numbers on the scale—and the government balance the budget.cast doubt on the idea that expanding Medicare coverage to GLP-1s for weight loss would bring down the national debt at the moment.
“They're very expensive,” Josh Gordon, director of health policy at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, said of these drugs. “I think it is true that Medicare negotiation over time could eventually come for these drugs and lower their prices.” “A lot of what we're trying to do is get the economics. Is our math correct?” he told The Daily Beast.
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