If you have Medicare and your doctor has been telling you about a new daily pill for weight loss, this post is for you. Foundayo is real, it’s FDA-approved, and starting July 1, 2026, it’s covered for $50 a month under Medicare’s GLP-1 Bridge program for eligible beneficiaries. This is genuinely new. Foundayo got FDA […]
Updated July 1, 2026 · Now live The Medicare GLP-1 Bridge is live as of today. Prior authorizations can be filed starting now (they could not be submitted before July 1). If your copay is still showing the old price at the pharmacy, that is almost always a prior-auth or KwikPen-formulation issue, not a coverage
Quick disclosure first. I take Zepbound at 12.5mg, prescribed by my doctor and covered by insurance. If the coverage went away tomorrow I’d be on LillyDirect cash-pay before the end of the week. That’s where I’m coming from. I admit I am fascinated by the rise of peptides. It’s as much a business story as
I quit drinking after getting headaches, looking at the evidence and deciding it wasn’t worth it. Most people with alcohol use disorder can’t just decide. Fewer than 2% of them ever get medication for it, and the drugs we do have (naltrexone, acamprosate, disulfiram) produce small effects and get almost no uptake. This drug could
My answer: If you are losing a lot of weight on a GLP-1 drug like Zepbound, a DEXA scan can be worth it because it shows what the scale cannot: fat loss, lean mass, visceral fat, and fat distribution. In my case, the scale said I lost 35 lb over six months. DEXA showed something
This will kick the GLP-1RA revolution in a new gear. it’s already one of the most common drug classes in the US and not having to inject and falling prices (see Novo Nodirsk’s subscription model) will help with access. I think being able to use a pill instead of an injection will be a huge
November 2024 Once my PCP prescribed Zepbound, the challenge began: convincing insurance to pay for it or getting it filled while paying myself. For background, I work for a large company and think I have pretty decent health insurance (administered by United Healthcare). My pharmacy called me to tell me that the insurance rejected the
The New York Times published a good article about “Why Obesity kills American Men”. I certainly fall into that category. I got use to my doctor telling me “you should lose some weight” every year. Then I started avoided annual physicals because I didn’t want to hear it. However, when I finally got a
Daily protein intake is crucial to keep muscles when you are on a GLP-1 enhanced weight loss diet. I work out at least 5 days a week in the gym I built in my garage optimized for my 50 year old body. Both my “weight loss advisor” (who my Insurance makes me talk to to
