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Tag: Obesity

Ozempic Boom Is an Opportunity for Health Insurers
20Oct By adminNo Comments
Money

Ozempic Boom Is an Opportunity for Health Insurers

You would think a new class of high-price weight loss drugs taken by millions of Americans would be a problem for health insurers. After all, they ultimately foot the bill. But it is more complicated than that: Some insurance giants actually stand to profit from the Ozempic craze.The industry has been calling out the costs of GLP-1 drugs, which are used for both diabetes and obesity. But federally supported Medicare and Medicaid still don’t cover the drugs for obesity, and much of the commercial market is self-insured. In other words, even though your insurance card says “Aetna” or “UnitedHealthcare,” those companies in some cases only act as administrators. That means employers are the ones bearing the risk of runaway costs.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserve...
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Weight Watchers Should Not Be Apologizing
13Oct By adminNo Comments
World

Weight Watchers Should Not Be Apologizing

As the son of one of the founders of Weight Watchers (WW), I am appalled and insulted by the comments current CEO Sima Sistani made in “The New WeightWatchers: Oprah, Ozempic and Apologies” (Exchange, Oct. 7). She is clearly out of touch with the company’s legacy. Full disclosure, my father was the “brains” behind WW, encouraging Jean Nidetch to be the face of the company. He orchestrated the sale of WW to the H.J. Heinz Co. in 1978. He was a board member for two decades until his passing in 1998. My mother wrote most of the WW cookbooks. The company had its origin in the basement of my parents’ Baldwin, N.Y., home.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Oprah Winfrey Recalls Feeling Mistreated While Out Shopping When She Weighed Over 200 Lbs.
1Oct By adminNo Comments
Entertainment

Oprah Winfrey Recalls Feeling Mistreated While Out Shopping When She Weighed Over 200 Lbs.

Oprah Winfrey is opening up about how her weight loss journey has emotionally impacted her over the years. While recently hosting an Oprah Daily panel on the obesity and weight crisis, the talk show queen revealed she felt mistreated when she was at a higher weight and would go out shopping. “It’s that thing where people are like, ‘Let me show you the gloves. Would you like to look at the handbags? Because we know that there’s nothing in here for you,’” Winfrey, 68, said of her past shopping experiences to the panel’s attendees. “There is a condescension. There is stigma.”The billionaire media executive also tapped obesity specialists Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford and Dr. Melanie Jay; psychologist Dr. Rachel Goldman; and Sima Sistani, the CEO of Weight Watchers, to join the conversation.Winfre...
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