Declaration of War against American children
pawz
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This is a Declaration of War against American children and a betrayal of any American who cares about MAHA principles.
Here's why it matters:
This regulation makes Ozempic the Standard of Care for the 80% of Medicare recipients who are overweight or obese. No incentives for healthy eating or exercise - straight to Ozempic...
At a cost of $1,600 per month...
The regulation says that obesity is a disease (not tied to lifestyle) and that Ozempic should be the first-line defense (remember: it is a lifetime drug).
The reason this impacts kids is that the moment a regulation says obesity is a disease (not tied to lifestyle) and available on Medicare (old people), it goes to Medicaid (lower-income people) - which means that Ozempic will be the standard of care for the 40% of 12-year-olds who are overweight or obese.
The problem isn't Ozempic in and of itself, although the drug destroys the pancreas, increases depression, and eviscerates muscle mass. It is the hold the pharmaceutical industry has on the entire process from NIH (research) to FDA (drug approval) to CMS (costing and standard of care). Under this ruling, Ozempic isn't an option for an American with obesity. It is the option.
If you are an obese American, you are getting a lifetime Ozempic prescription with zero ability to steer healthcare dollars to food and exercise. In fact, you will be called anti-science for suggesting dietary interventions because obesity will now be labeled as a lifetime condition that can't be reversed and must be managed.
This is not an exaggeration: if this regulation holds, a mother will be told she is going against the American Academy of Pediatrics advice for not jabbing her overweight 12-year-old with Ozempic for the rest of that child's life.
Think about it - why doesn't this regulation open up a pot of flexible funds for Americans suffering from obesity to steer where they find most effective with their doctor (whether that be drugs or lifestyle interventions)? Does it make sense the medical funding only goes to drugs - as a one-size-fits-all intervention for all Americans?
The drug industry is cynically saying this puts the incoming Trump administration in a pickle because Americans don't want this benefit taken away. This is not true.
Americans are tired of being poisoned and then drugged for profit. The reason over 75% of Americans are overweight or obese is not predominantly because of an Ozempic deficiency. It is the height of corruption to spend $1 trillion of government money to drug Americans at scale when our environment has poisoned them.
Americans did NOT vote for mass injections in this election.
They voted for a shift to ROOT CAUSE interventions and benefit flexibility.
Ozempic should exist. It is probably the right intervention for someone on the verge of death.
But for the average American (who is overweight), flexibility with their healthcare funds to incentivize food/exercise is almost certainly the right clinical intervention.
Trust me - if Medicare incentivized healthy eating $1,600 per month for every overweight American, obesity and related metabolic disorders would plummet far better than mass-prescribing liquified anorexia.
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Thanks Pawz!