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Musk pitches weight-loss drugs to lower health care spending
Politico ^ | 11 December 2024 | Ben Leonard

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.”

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: atkinsdiet; benleonard; elonmusk; glp1s; health; keto; mehmetoz; musk; ozempic; politico; pollutico; rfkjr; robertfkennedyjr; weightloss
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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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To: NautiNurse

I agree with RFK Jr...They Pharm companies want everyone on a drug.


2 posted on 12/12/2024 10:20:36 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: NautiNurse

Ozempic.


3 posted on 12/12/2024 10:22:07 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Sacajaweau

Me too. Lose weight by not shoving so much crap down your throat and go for a 30 minute walk a few times a week.


4 posted on 12/12/2024 10:24:07 AM PST by woweeitsme
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To: NautiNurse

Why do we need a drug for everything? Promote healthy lifestyles and improve our food supply.


5 posted on 12/12/2024 10:24:39 AM PST by pgyanke (Republicans get in trouble when not living up to their principles. Democrats... when they do.)
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To: NautiNurse

How about pitching get off your butt and move, stop over-eating, put your phone and game controller down...


6 posted on 12/12/2024 10:25:46 AM PST by Resolute Conservative
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To: pgyanke

Beat me to it. Totally agree.


7 posted on 12/12/2024 10:25:57 AM PST by SpaceBar
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To: Sacajaweau

‘The people’ want Doritos and Coke laced with Ozempic.


8 posted on 12/12/2024 10:28:58 AM PST by SpaceBar
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To: ifinnegan

Ozempic scares the heck out of me. My RN sister in law is totally addicted to it. She acts differently and actually looks different. Addiction is never a good thing.


9 posted on 12/12/2024 10:29:56 AM PST by pnut22
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To: Sacajaweau

Meanwhile, I am suspicious of RFK Jr.’s many years working with “For The People” Morgan & Morgan. John Morgan, the alcoholic, spent a tremendous amount of litigation award money promoting recreational cannabis in Florida. Meanwhile, auto insurance, homeowners insurance and medical malpractice insurance rates are astronomical due to the likes of Morgan & Morgan.


10 posted on 12/12/2024 10:29:59 AM PST by NautiNurse (With a cough and a sputter, the original lying dog-faced pony soldier is led out to pasture. )
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To: NautiNurse

Be that as it may, promoting a drug that is now said to have permanent effects is not good and is not in any way responsible.


11 posted on 12/12/2024 10:35:47 AM PST by gnarledmaw (Hivemind liberals worship leaders, sovereign conservatives select servants.)
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To: woweeitsme

Wait until the MSM start comparing this to the German fitness movement of the ‘30s.


12 posted on 12/12/2024 10:38:20 AM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: NautiNurse

The best two weight loss drugs on the market are called Eatlessdomore and Getoffyouass.


13 posted on 12/12/2024 10:38:55 AM PST by Round Earther
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To: ifinnegan
RFK Jr. Says Heroin Made Him a Top-of-Class Student in Resurfaced Clip: 'It Worked for Me'
"I did very, very poorly in school, until I started doing narcotics," Kennedy,
70, said on the podcast. "Then I went to the top of my class because my mind
was so restless and turbulent and I could not sit still."

"It worked for me," he continued of his past heroin use. "And if it still worked,
I'd still be doing it."


14 posted on 12/12/2024 10:40:08 AM PST by NautiNurse (With a cough and a sputter, the original lying dog-faced pony soldier is led out to pasture. )
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There was also a flurry of reports this summer and fall about the cardiovascular benefits of GLP drugs.

“The key cardiovascular benefit trial for Ozempic (semaglutide) is called the “SELECT” study, which demonstrated that Ozempic significantly reduces the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in people with overweight or obesity and established cardiovascular disease, even if they do not have diabetes, showing a roughly 20% reduction in risk of heart attack, stroke, or cardiovascular death compared to placebo;”


15 posted on 12/12/2024 10:42:43 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“Facts can be ignored, but their consequences cannot be escaped” -- Thomas Sowell)
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To: Resolute Conservative

16 posted on 12/12/2024 10:44:53 AM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: gnarledmaw
a drug that is now said to have permanent effects is not good and is not in any way responsible.

Are you able to cite a source reference for your assertion?

17 posted on 12/12/2024 10:47:06 AM PST by NautiNurse (With a cough and a sputter, the original lying dog-faced pony soldier is led out to pasture. )
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To: pnut22

I agree.


18 posted on 12/12/2024 10:52:53 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I recall reading about those studies. Anecdotally, the dozen or so people I know who use GLP-1 meds have had remarkable success lowering their blood sugar long term, and weight loss, which has reduced or eliminated the need for additional DM2 meds. In turn, their weight loss has reduced the need for blood pressure meds.


19 posted on 12/12/2024 10:53:57 AM PST by NautiNurse (With a cough and a sputter, the original lying dog-faced pony soldier is led out to pasture. )
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To: NautiNurse

Go for a walk and stop being a pig. No more soda no more gallons of juice stop being a hog. EXERCISE!


20 posted on 12/12/2024 10:56:32 AM PST by toddausauras (Trump won!)
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