Musk pitches weight-loss drugs to lower health care spending

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Posted on 12/12/2024 10:18:47 AM PST by NautiNurse

"Nothing would do more" to bolster Americans’ health, he wrote in a post on X.

Elon Musk, who is spearheading President-elect Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, is touting GLP-1 drugs to treat obesity.

“Nothing would do more to improve the health, lifespan and quality of life for Americans than making GLP inhibitors [sic] super low cost to the public,” Musk wrote in a post on X Wednesday. “Nothing else is even close.”

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It’s not clear how Musk would make GLP-1s “super low cost.” The drugs are expected to be eligible for Medicare price negotiation down the line, which could be one potential avenue to reduce their cost. The pharmaceutical industry and business interests have challenged in court the Inflation Reduction Act’s provisions establishing the price negotiations.

Still, Musk is pitching the drugs as a long-term cost saver.

“Vast majority of healthcare spending is near end of life and obesity often plays a major role,” Musk said in a July post on X. “GLP and other hunger inhibitors might be the single biggest positive effect on healthcare and quality of life in the 21st century.”

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Musk could have an ally in Trump’s pick to run CMS, Dr. Mehmet Oz, who has touted Novo Nordisk's Ozempic for weight loss. But Trump’s pick to run HHS, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has been skeptical of the drugs.

Kennedy has raised concerns about cost and said in a recent Fox News interview that pharmaceutical companies are “counting on selling it to Americans because we’re so stupid and so addicted to drugs.”

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In a match between RFK Jr. and Elon, my money is on Elon. The GLP drugs are producing amazing results for Type 2 diabetics via lowering A1C and weight loss. Early reports for off-label success with addiction cravings to alcohol also looks promising.

1 posted on 12/12/2024 10:18:47 AM PST by NautiNurse

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