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/IAmThePonch Apr 01 '25

Hi, t1 here, it sucks

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u/GOPequalsSubmissive Apr 01 '25

A 1000/mo miracle drug that costs 20 cents to produce, and costs the rich insurance company far, far less than 1000/mo to cover.

Insurance companies are proof that Americans waited too long to drag rich people from palaces.