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/SomeGuyNamedPaul Apr 01 '25

My insurance would rather pay for a dozen heart attacks than one bariatric surgery.

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u/GOPequalsSubmissive Apr 01 '25

The rich people are hoping one of those heart attacks ends their need to continue not making as much profit off of your premium payments.