France to fat whores: 'Take Wegovy on your own dime!'
[quote]France is the latest European country to refuse to cover weight loss drugs through its national insurance programme.
[quote]France isn’t the only country taking a cautious approach to the medicines. For example, a 1980s law bans Germany’s national health system from paying for drugs that target “lifestyle” issues like obesity, smoking cessation, hair growth, and erectile dysfunction. That means that while Novo Nordisk has been selling Wegovy in Germany since 2023, only privately insured patients or those willing to pay out-of-pocket can get it.
[quote]Wegovy also isn’t usually covered in Denmark – Novo Nordisk’s home country – partly because the Danish health authority estimates that it would cost about 6 million Danish kroner (about $880,000) to prevent a single cardiovascular event.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | January 27, 2025 11:21 PM
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[quote]Wegovy is expected to cost patients €270 to €330 per month
Boo freaking hoo. The majority of US patients are paying cash, and they are paying $600+ a month.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | January 27, 2025 11:13 PM
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While I think Wegovy and other drugs merely cover up bigger problems, I dislike the implication that "lifestyle" choices can dictate healthcare. The reasoning is suspect. Who is making the qualitative decision about which lifestyles are acceptable and not.
It's like deciding that HIV meds shouldn't be covered because people who got sick made a lifestyle choice to be gay (or whores). It's like deciding not to cover antibiotics for STDs because abstinence is a better choice.
More importantly, in the long run, many of these so-called lifestyle choices, like being a fatty, ultimately cost healthcare systems a lot more money. Also, do they cover rehab or alcohol and drug treatment? How is that different from smoking (or being fat or a fat whore).
Approving or dening healthcare and medical treatment because someone else has made a determination that your "lifestyle" is not acceptable seems like a very slippery slope.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | January 27, 2025 11:21 PM
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