Medicare's New GLP-1 Rule: The BMI Surprise You Need to Know

14 million seniors may qualify for $50/month Wegovy and Zepbound starting July 1, 2026. Here's exactly how the Medicare GLP-1 Bridge Program works and why the BMI threshold is lower than most people think. Registered dietitian Ana Reisdorf sits down with Joe Zucchi, PA-C, a physician associate and obesity medicine specialist on the board of the New England Obesity Society, to break down the new Medicare GLP-1 Bridge Program launching July 1, 2026. They cover who qualifies, which medications are included, the prior authorization process, what happens after the program expires in 2027, and the senior-specific nutrition risks to watch out for. 👉 Get the Steady State newsletter — weekly GLP-1 nutrition from Ana http://join.glp-1hub.com ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🤝 SPONSORS Timeline (Mitopure) — clinically studied Urolithin A to support mitochondrial renewal and muscle health. http://timeline.com/GLP1HUB — 20% off your order Folly — Hair support gummies for GLP-1 users. A 300-person study showed less shedding and fuller hair after 4 weeks. https://follynutrition.com/glp1hub — code GLP1HUB for 20% off ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⏱ CHAPTERS 00:00 The BMI 27 surprise 01:25 Meet Joe Zucchi, PA-C 02:51 What the Medicare Bridge Program is 06:14 Who qualifies: three eligibility categories 09:07 The prior authorization process 14:32 Which medications are covered 19:50 What if you're denied 21:55 What happens after December 2027 25:18 Is this just a political promise ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 RESOURCES Medicare Bridge Program info: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/coverage... ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 👋 MORE FROM GLP-1 HUB 📬 Steady State Newsletter: http://join.glp-1hub.com 🎙 Podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2455627 💎 Membership: http://glp-1hub.com/membership 📷 Instagram: @glp1hub 🌐 Shop: https://shop.glp-1hub.com ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⚠️ This channel is educational and not medical advice. Talk to your healthcare provider before changing medications, diet, or exercise. #Medicare #GLP1 #Wegovy #zepbound #mounjaro #ozempic #foundayo #retatrutide #medicare