Key takeaways A HSS proposal calls for health insurance companies to cover certain over-the-counter preventative items. These non-prescription items range from products to help you quit smoking to contraceptives. If passed, it will take at least a few months for this requirement to take effect. Although health insurance companies currently don’t cover over-the-counter products, a …
(NewsNation) A Washington state nurse has filed a class-action lawsuit, claiming the state agency responsible for providing health insurance to public employees discriminates against those who struggle with obesity by neglecting to include weight-loss medications in its coverage. Insurance companies do not routinely cover these medications like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro when prescribed for obesity. …
Image of Michael Siluk/UCG via Getty / Futurism Amid a months-long shortage of semaglutide diabetes and weight loss medications, a woman is suing her insurer for failing to cover the drugs. As theNew York Times According to reports, Washington state nurse Jeannette Simonton was told her insurer was completely banning weight-loss drugs and would not …
Top line More employers could cover popular weight loss and diabetes drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy in 2024, allowing workers to avoid high costs, according to a new survey, even as high drug costs have pushed more other workplaces to stop coverage altogether or increase monthly costs. -paid. Photo of Wegovy Prescription Injectable Pens for …