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Doctors Test the Limits of What Obesity Drugs Can Fix

trl6 months ago016 mins

Lesa Walton suffered for years with rheumatoid arthritis. “It was awful,” said Ms. Walton, 57, who lives in Wenatchee, Wash. “I kept getting sicker and sicker.” She also had high blood pressure, and she was obese. Doctors told her to diet and exercise, which she did, to no avail. Then she found a doctor who…

Buried in Wegovy Costs, North Carolina Will Stop Paying for Obesity Drugs

trl11 months ago013 mins

In June 2021, the insurance plan for North Carolina state employees was paying for 2,800 people to take weight-loss drugs. Last year, it paid for nearly 25,000. Medications like Wegovy cost the North Carolina State Health Plan $100 million last year, rising seemingly out of nowhere to represent 10 percent of its spending on prescription…

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Doctors Test the Limits of What Obesity Drugs Can Fix

Buried in Wegovy Costs, North Carolina Will Stop Paying for Obesity Drugs

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