🩺 Does Medicare Cover Medical Marijuana or CBD? (AARP Article/updated)

[Winter2025VA]

FROM THE ARTICLE.

Officially, it does not. But the government has announced a pilot program that could change that in the long run.

7.5-minute read.

By Tony Pugh & Kimberly Lankford, AARP. Published February 28, 2024.

➡️[*** Updated December 22, 2025.

Key takeaways!

[1] Federal government classifies pot as an illegal drug.

[2] Medicare will test coverage of products derived from hemp.

[3] Dr. Oz: Pilot project enrollees can get CBD items by April.

[4] Medicare already covers some drugs derived from marijuana.

[5] See which states already allow medical marijuana use.

Even though medical marijuana is legal in more than 40 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, Medicare doesn’t cover it because federal law classifies marijuana as an illegal, Schedule 1 controlled substance.

USE LINK BELOW TO READ THE ARTICLE.

https://www.aarp.org/medicare/faq/does-medicare-cover-medical-marijuana/