Action Alert: Voice Your Support for Medicaid Coverage of Weight Loss Treatments in Kentucky!

The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services is considering a proposed amendment to remove outdated language that prohibits Medicaid from covering FDA-approved weight loss medications. This is a critical opportunity to ensure Kentuckians struggling with obesity can receive safe and effective treatments for this serious, chronic disease.  

What You Can Do: Submit a public comment expressing your support for this amendment as a significant step toward improving access to obesity care. 

To: CHFSregs@Ky.gov 

Subject: Public Comment on Proposed Rule: 907.KHR 23.010_filed 9/9/25_Outpatient Pharmacy Program 

Deadline: November 9, 2025 

Why It Matters:

• Over 34% of Kentuckians are struggling with obesity and the Commonwealth ranks 9th nationally in obesity rates.

• Obesity significantly increases the risk of diabetes, cancer, heart disease, and stroke, serious and costly conditions that place a heavy burden on both patients' health and the healthcare system.

• This outdated restriction no longer aligns with current FDA-approved treatment options or evidence-based standards in obesity care.

• Removing this language would allow Kentucky to explore coverage options that could improve health outcomes, expand access to care, and reduce the $36.3 billion economic burden of obesity in the Commonwealth.