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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel like this whole thread is a giant ad for calibrate, but wanted to let everyone know that insurance is covering Wegovy for weight loss if the preauthorization your doctor sends in shows that you have tried other medication.

I have tried several other things - I lost a lot of weight on Phentermine (everyone should try this first, it is safe, effective, minimal side effects), as well as Contrave (which did not work and I had a lot of side effects on), so my insurance approved me to try Wegovy. I jus started today, will come back later. Wegovy because it's so expensive is a medicine of last resort - try a few other things first, then you'll be approved.[/quote]

You can't make this generalization. *Your* insurance is covering Wegovy for weight loss with the preauthorization your doctor sent in. What's not generalizable is that the drug formulary a particular plan will cover is different from employer to employer, based on the contract that that employer has with the insurance plan. So just because I have UnitedHealthcare and you have United Healthcare doesn't mean we can both get the same drugs covered, even everything else being equal.

It's great that you got Wegovy approved, it really is -- I went through Calibrate and they tried to get my insurance company to approve every. single. drug with no luck at all. My doctor, as amazing as she is, never would have had the staff time to try each and every drug to get something approved. I got the 6-month manufacturer coupon for Wegovy through Calibrate. That's done now, and I'm hoping to maintain my 45 pound weight loss, but the drug access has not been the only benefit of Calibrate for me. I've benefited a lot from the structure of the program itself and the coaching. [/quote]

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