Obesity is a chronic disease with significant health and quality of life impacts, and currently one of our nation’s worst public health crises — affecting 42 percent of the U.S. population. In communities of color, the epidemic is even worse, with obesity rates reaching almost 50% among Black and Latino adults.
This is both a public health crisis and a health equity crisis. But it doesn’t need to be — obesity is a complex chronic disease that is treatable. Government officials, Veterans, and service members all have access to FDA-approved anti-obesity medications — it’s time for Congress to ensure that older Americans do too.
Tell the Biden Administration and your Member of Congress that it’s time they take urgent and immediate action to modernize outdated Medicare coverage rules. Your Member of Congress can help by co-sponsoring and supporting the Treat and Reduce Obesity Act (TROA) — to ensure millions of Americans have access to lifesaving obesity care and treatment.