The Doctor Prescribed an Obesity Drug. Her Insurer Called It ‘Vanity.’ Many insurance companies refuse to cover new weight loss drugs that their doctors deem medically necessary.
Covid and Diabetes, Colliding in a Public Health Train Wreck After older people and nursing home residents, no group perhaps has been harder hit by the pandemic than people with diabetes. Experts hope policymakers will take notice, and finally get serious about tackling the nation’s diabetes crisis.
House Passes Bill to Limit Cost of Insulin to $35 a Month The bill stands to benefit millions of Americans with diabetes, but to become law, it will need to attract at least 10 Republican votes in the Senate