Letters: Lift block on coverage for anti-obesity meds

Letters: Lift block on coverage for anti-obesity meds

To the Editor: As a physician in Salem dedicated to improving the health of Oregonians, I urge the Trump administration to finalize the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) rule that would allow Medicare and Medicaid to cover anti-obesity medications. I also call on Oregon’s congressional delegation to do everything in their power to encourage the administration to take this long-overdue step. Obesity is one of the most pressing publ…