Medicare negotiated lower prices for 15 drugs, including 71% off Ozempic and Wegovy
Sydney Lupkin
November 26, 2025 / 9:58 am
The federal government has announced the results of the latest round of Medicare drug price negotiations: 15 lower drug prices for Medicare to go into effect in 2027.
Medicare will get a 71% discount on Ozempic, Wegovy and Rybelsus, blockbuster drugs for obesity and Type 2 diabetes that have current list prices of around a thousand dollars a month.
The negotiations also included drugs for asthma, breast cancer and leukemia. The discounts ranged from 38% for Austedo, which treats Huntington's disease, to 85% for Janumet for Type 2 diabetes.
"President Trump directed us to stop at nothing to lower health care costs for the American people," said Health and

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