House W&M Advances Revised TROA, Predicts $1.7B Score

The House Ways & Means Committee advanced on a bipartisan basis Thursday (June 27) the amended Treat and Reduce Obesity Act (TROA) that would allow Medicare to cover of obesity drugs, but only for those who were already taking the medications, and direct HHS to review the national coverage determination of intensive behavioral therapy for obesity. During the markup, a W&M staffer said the scaled-back bill is estimated to cost $1.7 billion over 10 years, but there is no official...