On Sept. 22, 2022, the National Consumers League (NCL) and NCOA sent a letter to Xavier Becerra, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The letter makes a strong case for updating obesity-related coverage for Medicare beneficiaries.

Specifically, the letter calls for helping to end the impasse on Medicare Part D coverage of anti-obesity medications that have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. And the letter offers NCL and NCOA help "to build momentum in Congress for statutory Medicare coverage" of obesity treatment.