Weight Loss Drugs Add $300 to Each Employee’s Health Costs Even If You’re Not on One
“Weight loss prescriptions Wegovy, Rybelsus and Saxenda — along with Ozempic — are driving health costs for employers up by more than $300 per insured worker this year .
These GLP-1 drug costs are expected to boost healthcare spending through 2025, increasing from $324 per insured member this year up to $500 per insured health plan member in two years … By comparison, annual spending on such prescriptions in 2021 was $96 per member[.]” MORE >>
