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Our distinguished McCourt faculty and research fellows are regularly sought by national and international media outlets as authoritative voices on today’s most critical policy challenges.
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Medicare will start covering obesity drugs for the first time. Here’s what patients should know
Rachel Schmidt, research professor at the Center on Health Insurance Reforms, was quoted in a CNBC article on Medicare’s launching of a program that bypasses federal law to provide millions of eligible older Americans with coverage for weight loss drugs.
June 26th, 2026