Anonymous wrote:I’m glad insurance isn’t covering this. I don’t want my premiums to go up even more so all my neighbors can be thin.

Actually, thinner neighbors would make your health insurance cheaper - lower rates of cardiovascular disease, sleep apnea, blood pressure decreases, cholesterol goes down, lower rates of diabetes, etc. All those are chronic diseases which your insurance is covering for the rest of a person’s life.

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Anonymous wrote:Try Fifty410.com. It is a bit cheaper than LillyDirect.

Compounded?

Yes compounded

Anonymous wrote:Agreeing to provide these drugs to anyone who wants them for the rest of their lives is like signing up for a bad timeshare you can't get rid of. No way the number crunchers are big insurance will go for it.

I'm not sure you realize how much is currently being paid for obesity and it's related complications. Once these are generic they will absolutely be covered.

Agreeing to provide these drugs to anyone who wants them for the rest of their lives is like signing up for a bad timeshare you can't get rid of. No way the number crunchers are big insurance will go for it.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m glad insurance isn’t covering this. I don’t want my premiums to go up even more so all my neighbors can be thin.

You would rather pay more to treat comorbidities associated with their obesity.

Got it. Makes sense.

See you next Tuesday!

A lot of people on these drugs are not that overweight. My DH went on a guys trip recently and he and I are the only two people NOT on this drug of the four couples in question. None are that overweight or have diabetes.

Well yeah, the drugs also prevent weight gain and diabetes. Skinny people can be pre-diabetic too

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Anonymous wrote:Mounjaro is the exact same medication. I've been on it for years. You can get a savings card from the manufacturer which reduces the cost to about $550 per month.

Which is still "hundreds of dollars a month" and not what the OP wants to/can spend.

Exactly. This is too expensive for the collective public to fund on a widespread level.

Anonymous wrote:Mounjaro is the exact same medication. I've been on it for years. You can get a savings card from the manufacturer which reduces the cost to about $550 per month.

Which is still "hundreds of dollars a month" and not what the OP wants to/can spend.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m glad insurance isn’t covering this. I don’t want my premiums to go up even more so all my neighbors can be thin.

You would rather pay more to treat comorbidities associated with their obesity.

Got it. Makes sense.

See you next Tuesday!

A lot of people on these drugs are not that overweight. My DH went on a guys trip recently and he and I are the only two people NOT on this drug of the four couples in question. None are that overweight or have diabetes.

Anonymous wrote:I’m glad insurance isn’t covering this. I don’t want my premiums to go up even more so all my neighbors can be thin.

You would rather pay more to treat comorbidities associated with their obesity.

Got it. Makes sense.

See you next Tuesday!

Anonymous wrote:Try Fifty410.com. It is a bit cheaper than LillyDirect.

Compounded?

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Anonymous wrote:I’m glad insurance isn’t covering this. I don’t want my premiums to go up even more so all my neighbors can be thin.

No, instead they'll go up because of all the people with heart disease or who need knee replacements.

+1 my doctor thinks that they will be widely covered in the near future as more information comes in about their protective effects on cardiac health, not to mention the stuff they’re finding about dementia risk reduction and decreasing inflammation.