Trump Announces Deal to Drop Obesity Drug Prices to as Little as $149 a Month NYT | Top Stories By: Rebecca Robbins, Margot Sanger-Katz and Dani Blum 7 November 2025 at 03:04 President Trump announced a deal with Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to lower prices on hugely popular weight-loss drugs for Medicare, Medicaid and American patients who pay with their own money. © M. Scott Brauer for The New York TimesAmericans have been able to buy Wegovy and Zepbound for about $500 a month in most cases.