Cost & Affordability
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Cost and affordability pressure is centering on Medicare payment adequacy and benefit design: ACP urged Congress to reform physician reimbursement and strengthen primary care as the front door for lower-cost longitudinal management, while coverage debates around GLP-1s underscore the risk that Medicare drug expansion could raise spending without integrated obesity care, nutrition, behavioral health, and outcomes accountability ([ACP testimony](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMi7wFBVV95cUxOZUxXYlczNVRhOHhDRmpJbEF6YXFiQjhTYWgtVDVVNFY5eDNBbkFnV1FxU2I5RzdnY0cyMFNXc256Qmpvd1hRQ1B3N0RUcE9aeHJtaF93V196NWtmZDZZeUNLcmI3dUo2UnJhWW94LWRLNGExZUlPYjBvRm5GTWstTndiQ3BCSmhSX2dsa19PN29WQ0libFlpRGxKQ2NOQ1Rkb1hQaTFzMk85Yld4ZXU2bEttUk1rc3BLUWQyZ2I5cC1iOG5pM3lqZWJvaWdrYmtCdXZsellvaEFQMkMxWEpSSFdQXzF6blQxMS1JRU
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