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GLPs are not weight loss drugs, they are diabetic management medications that happen to have a significant side effect of weight loss and management. They are likely already covered for that. I'm assuming you are talking about the GLPs being covered strictly for weight loss (no diabetes treatment)? No doubt this is becoming a a huge cost to prescription drug plans. But the costs of obesity in North America is also driving significant healthcare costs including cardiovascular conditions and cancer. There is significant international research that supports better health outcomes with healthy weight. What costs to your existing plans could be saved by adding GLPs ? You might be very surprised.
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Here's what you wrote:
"My fat employees are lazy and stupid, and they want the company to pay for their weight loss drugs, as if they can't be bothered to diet and exercise."
You're why so many people hate HR.
Zepbound treats diabetes, obstructive sleep apnea and, as research is showing, addictions to alcohol and drugs. It also treats obesity. Effectively. Wegovy and Ozempic are both drugs that treat diabetes.
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HRM 3, it wasn't the question, it was the snark in the question. "Are employers really going to be expected?" "Where does it stop?" "What about diet pills and other 'miracle drugs?'"
The snark was added to with "I'm obese, too," with the clear implication that they're better than every other obese employee because they don't expect the company to offer coverage for medications that treat obesity and the issues associated with obesity -- more specifically, they don't expect the company to care about the health and welfare of its employees.
It was not an innocent "just trying to learn something" question.
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I think this conversation is only going to get bigger. I am already seeing more people ask about GLP-1 coverage, and employers will probably have to weigh the cost against potential health and wellbeing benefits.
Many employers cover this. My employer utilizes Form Health to cover GLP-1 drugs. Perhaps some education about how these drugs can help overall healthcare costs for your employees would help.
Agree. OP sounds a little biased.
Okay, let me add that I'm obese myself. And I don't expect my employer to care about it.
You don't expect your employer to care about the health and wellbeing of its employees? I am grateful to work for a company who does care.
There's a few different ways to add them. We've researched it heavily. We don't cover GLP1's for weight-loss (we do for diabetes) but that's only because it's so expensive. It's cheaper for employees to get their GLP1's out on the open market than it is for them to get them through our insurance carrier. We're employee-owned, so cost to the company is more important for us.