Ozempic and Other Weight-Loss Drugs: How to Get Health Insurance to Pay

Ozempic and Other Weight-Loss Drugs: How to Get Health Insurance to Pay | WSJ Your Money Briefing [ldSd9a06T]

Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and other weight-loss drugs can list at $900 or more per month. WSJ’s Anne Wilde Mathews joins host J.R. Whalen to discuss how to get your health insurance plan to cover these prescriptions. 0:00 How weight-loss drugs work 1:25 Are these drugs created for weight problems? 1:50 Steps to take to start treatment 2:32 Challenges for insurers 4:59 Health coverage plans for weight-loss drugs 5:56 Possible changes to insurance coverage Your Money Briefing WSJ's personal-finance podcast features the news that affects your money and what you do with it, breaking down complicated money questions from spending and saving to investing and taxes. For more episodes of WSJ's Your Money Briefing: https://link.chtbl.com/WSJYourMoneyBriefing #WeightLoss #Ozempic #WSJ