NYC Drops GLP-1 From City Health Benefits Over High Costs

By Luke Zarzecki / October 25, 2024 at 12:42 PM
New York City has dropped coverage of GLP-1 drugs from city health benefits, saying the medications were added in error to the list of covered medications, according to reporting published Thursday (Oct. 24) by local city news outlet Gothamist . The city said GLP-1 drugs for weight loss were incorrectly added to city employees’ benefits through EmblemHealth and the city never planned to cover them, saying they could dramatically increase premiums, according to the outlet’s article. The Alliance for Women’s...


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