Over 40% of U.S. adults meet the medical classification for obesity, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Some workers are willing to trade vacation days or go back to the office in exchange for weight-loss drug coverage by their ...

Cost is a major obstacle for many. The drugs can be expensive without insurance, with out-of-pocket expenses reaching hundreds of dollars per prescription. The poll found that about half of Americans ...

Dr. Alexandra Sowa, an obesity medicine specialist and author of the new book “The Ozempic Revolution ... medications for Americans with Medicare and Medicaid. A shortage in injections linked to ...

Popular weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic, Wegovy and Zepbound are a ... and North Carolina adding coverage in August. Coverage under Medicare remains prohibited while most large employer firms ...

Nearly 2 in 3 people without diabetes quit popular weight loss drugs such as Ozempic or Victoza within one year, according to a new study.

As a weight management doctor, Mollie Cecil has seen first-hand how the latest weight-loss drugs help her patients. She knows from personal experience, too. After a year on one medication, the West ...

The FDA’s decision will threaten the ability of compounding pharmacies to make far cheaper, unbranded versions of the ...

Weight loss drugs are popular—but often expensive. Luckily, there are a few ways to lower the costs, which we explore in this article.

This will be a “pivotal year,” one expert says, for GLP-1 drugs, which are massively disrupting the benefits landscape.

In December 2024, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services asserted that GLP-1 medications such as Ozempic ... Medicare is forbidden to cover weight ...