In December 2025, the administration also introduced the BALANCE (Better Approaches to Lifestyle and Nutrition for Comprehensive hEalth) model, a five year CMS Innovation Center (CMMI) model that intends to expand access to obesity drugs in Medicaid and Medicare by negotiating lower GLP-1 prices with manufacturers
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This raises potential concerns for patients with pancreatic and gastrointestinal neuroendocrine cancer or those with genetic conditions like multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome (MEN1), which predispose individuals to NENs
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All three weight loss medications for obesity treatment are in a class of drugs (called GLP-1 receptor agonists) that have been used to treat diabetes for several years