Amid rising demand, payers are grappling with whether and how to provide access to these drugs while balancing near-term costs and long-term savings potential
Insurance Cancellations, Refunds, and Commitment Terms Month-to-month billing and no long-term contracts keeps things flexible
Support WBUR Boston's Morning Newsletter Why Blue Cross Blue Shield is rolling back coverage of GLP-1 weight loss drugs in Massachusetts Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's daily morning newsletter, WBUR Today
Semaglutide-based weight loss programs are designed for adults whose weight management challenges are influenced by metabolic, hormonal, or appetite-regulation factors rather than lifestyle alone
Yes, she was probably lighter and quicker because she took a GLP-1
Nonetheless, residual effects on gastric emptying could still produce significant gastrointestinal adverse effects in patients treated with long-acting GLP-RAs (167)