Weight loss drug coverage gets more complicated

(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review)

In less than a month’s time, a federal lawmaker warned weight loss drugs have the potential to bankrupt the healthcare system, and new research from Blue Cross Blue Shield found nearly six in 10 patients taking the drugs don’t reach a meaningful health benefit. Continue reading here…

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