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State health leaders hope lawmakers can widen Medicaid access to pricey drugs like Wegovy

By Jaymie Baxley North Carolina’s top health official hopes the state can expand Medicaid access to Wegovy — the blockbuster weight-loss drug recently approved as a treatment for cardiovascular disease by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration — without breaking the bank.  On Tuesday, Kody Kinsley, secretary of the N.C. Department of Health and Human […]