Insurers Leave Patients to Pay $10,000 a Year for Obesity Drugs

You’ve seen them on TV ads and TikTok, or heard them joked about at the Oscars: Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro. They’re weekly injections known as GLP-1 receptor agonists that help people lose a significant chunk of their body weight. These drugs can indeed produce dramatic results. But do they make people healthier?

Omny Studio: Weight Loss Drugs Have a Cost Problem...

Some people, yes. Others … the question is trickier than it sounds, and at least $100 billion a year is potentially riding on the answer. In the US alone, about 130 million adults are eligible for GLP-1s because of their weight ...