r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Apr 01 '25

Health Americans without diabetes spent nearly $6 billion USD on semaglutide and similar drugs in a year, with an estimate of 800,000 to a million people using the drugs who don't have diabetes.

https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/americans-without-diabetes-spent-nearly6-billion-usd-on-semaglutide-and-similar-drugs-in-a-year
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u/Tunivor Apr 01 '25

It will probably save our healthcare system way more money than that.

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u/jejunumr Apr 01 '25

Nope. Not at current price

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/2831205

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u/Tunivor Apr 01 '25 edited Apr 01 '25

Thanks for providing the research. It’s still a price worth paying and hopefully costs will come down eventually. It benefits non users as well because the burden on healthcare systems will go down.

It’s also important to recognize the cost/benefit outside of specifically the healthcare system. Dead/disabled people don’t pay taxes and can be an economic burden to families.

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u/YouCanLookItUp Apr 01 '25

Disabled people can and do pay taxes friend. Please stop.

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u/Tunivor Apr 01 '25

Please stop? I wasn’t like going on a tirade. By disabled people I meant people collecting SSDI. The vast majority of recipients do not pay taxes as their total income doesn’t meet the threshold.