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"Last hope": Eager Germans are prepared to pay for weight-loss drug

www.reuters.com "Last hope": Eager Germans are prepared to pay for weight-loss drug

Frustrated after countless failed diet and exercise attempts, 41 year-old Jessica Lenth from Hamburg has started putting money aside for a drug that she sees as a possible door to a life without obesity.

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I don’t understand why insurance and health plans are denying paying for Wegovy. They rather shell out far more money for treatment of complications and co-mprbidities related to obesity than pay for the drug now? It’s being penny-wise and pound-foolish.

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- It's still an off label use, from what I was told. That's the excuse anyway, but it's a common excuse for insurance refusals
  
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  Wegovy is indicated for the treatment of obesity. It’s Ozempic that’s being used off-label for weight loss.
  
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