McKee’s proposed FY2027 budget drops GLP-1 drugs for weight loss from Medicaid

By: Alexander Castro

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: January 27, 2026

Words: 1,636

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 3 days ago

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Are GLP-1 drugs prescribed for weight loss becoming too outsized a line item for continued coverage through the state Medicaid program? That’s what Gov. Dan McKee’s fiscal year 2027 budget suggests.

Medicaid costs roughly quadrupled between the start of fiscal year 2024 and the end of fiscal year 2025 in per-member monthly payments to Medicaid managed care plans, according to the state’s Executive Office of Health and Human Services, which administers Rhode Island’s Medicaid program.

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