The integration of health insurance for medical cannabis, a potential game changer for the pirates of medical Marijuana and the cannabis industry, remains a distant dream when it is banned by the federal government.
That may change when the Medicare Reimbursement rules proposed on Friday pass, because they will cover only a limited list of HEHP products.
And CBD is not among them.
Speculation that government-sponsored health insurance could cover the medical costs of CBD in addition to food and approved prescription drugs was generated last week.
That was Bloomberg reported that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services was considering covering CBD treatment for certain seniors.
Such a combination would be a potential boon for the $28.3 billion US hemp industry, which is currently facing an extinction event when the ban on THC-derived THC goes into effect in November 2026.
And it will also be much better in the Medicare procedures, revealed in April 2025 that excludes cannabis products directly from elimination under certain Medicare programs, “as they are illegal substances under Federal law.”
Pro-Marjujuana Rescheduling Advocate met with Rfk Jr.
According to Bloomberg, the policy change came after Howard Kessler, a billionaire financial lawyer and who is also a member of President Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago Club, met with Health and Labor Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
It was Chibtherm’s Commonwealth project that produced this video – repeated by Trump in social reality – promoting CBD as a new treatment for the elderly.
But the Centers for Medicare Services application that appeared in the Federal Register on Friday may not have any CBD treatments at all.
If finalized, the proposal would “clearly state that cannabis products that are illegal under applicable law or food law,” including controlled substance laws, are “not allowed” on the Medicare registry.
Only hemp seed oil, hemp protein and coated hemp seeds
That would leave only “hempled hemp seeds, hemp seed hewle, and hemp seeds” that could be covered by other Medicare programs, according to the Centers for Medicare Services’.
The FDA has repeatedly stated that existing food and supplement regulations do not apply to CBD, which is not an approved food.
In addition to reducing the picture is the upcoming ban on THC-derived THC that was signed into law last month.
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Closing the loophole in the 2018 Bill Redefines hemp to extract THC-derived THC – and also to extract CBD products containing 0.4 milligrams of thc or more in each container.
HEHP advocates said that the prohibition of hemp, scheduled to enter into force in November 2026, effectively causes the majority of the annual sector of $ 28.3 billion.
There is currently only one FDA-approved drug, a CBD-based Spordaceutical. Epidiolex is still only available by prescription.
