Are Weight Loss Drugs Like Ozempic Covered By Insurance?

Are Weight Loss Drugs Covered By Insurance? This article was reviewed by Craig Primack, MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA. If you’re considering using medication to reach a healthy body weight, your first question ... Read More

How to find out if weight loss drugs are covered by your insurance, and what to do if they're not

How to find out if weight loss drugs are covered by your insurance, and what to do if they're not Ozempic (semaglutide), Victoza (liraglutide), and Wegovy (semaglutide) are popular medications used to ... Read More

How to get prescription weight loss medication without insurance

Whether you’re on a weight loss journey of your own or not, you probably haven’t been able to avoid hearing about the sudden popularity of medications like Ozempic® — a diabetes drug that had major ... Read More

The cost of weight loss drugs is finally dropping. How low can prices go?

The price of weight loss drugs is falling. Wegovy and Zepbound, which both sell for a list price of more than $1,000 a month, have long been out of reach for people without insurance or whose ... Read More

Major insurance changes are coming to GLP-1 drugs for weight loss. Here’s how that could affect patients

Last week, Tara Eacobacci had an appointment with her doctor that was devoted exclusively to the topic of health insurance. A major change to her prescription benefits meant the medication she was ... Read More

Are weight-loss drugs worth it? Understanding the risks and benefits

I was scrolling through my Instagram feed the other day, and there it was again—a shiny ad promising effortless weight loss with just one “miracle” pill or injection. The before-and-after pictures ... Read More

Union health plan sues Optum Rx for covering costly weight loss drugs including Wegovy

Health plan trustees at a Minneapolis-based construction workers union are suing a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group for paying more than $4 million for costly weight-loss drugs, depleting union funds ... Read More

Weight Loss Drugs Work – but Only if You Do These 3 Things

July 18, 2025 – You know them by names like Ozempic and Wegovy, and for what they can do – help people lose weight. But if you're among the roughly 1 in 8 Americans who've tried GLP-1 drugs – ... Read More

Health insurance plans offer perks you may not know about

You likely pay thousands of dollars into your health insurance plan every year. But are you taking full advantage of the perks included in your coverage? According to Kevin Brasler of Consumer’s ... Read More

State insurance to end weight loss drug coverage Nov. 1

State agencies, including Boise State, were recently notified that the State of Idaho will eliminate insurance coverage for all weight loss medications beginning Nov. 1, 2025, citing rapidly rising ... Read More

Why Losing Your Health Insurance Is a Health Risk in Itself

The recently passed federal budget bill that includes significant Medicaid cuts is projected to leave millions uninsured over the next decade. An additional 4.2 million Affordable Care Act enrollees ... Read More