Ozempic and Wegovy are selected for Medicare's price negotiations

Re:Ozempic and Wegovy are selected for Medicare's price nego... by pavlov on Saturday January 18, 2025 @10:06AM (#42748893)

Your boss is presumably a high-value employee at a prosperous company. They will have good health insurance, but that’s not the norm for most people.

When I worked for Facebook in the US, it was conspicuous how doctors would run extra tests on me because the health insurance was paying for everything and anything. That’s not balanced either because less fortunate people pay for that in their insurance premiums.

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Re:Ozempic and Wegovy are selected for Medicare's price nego... by nxm on Saturday January 18, 2025 @11:07AM (#42749308)

Companies negotiate for all employees without tiers for „high value” employees.

What do you consider the norm? 90%+ of Americans have some form of health insurance. I don’t have a bad one, but it’s not as great as some public sector employees do. Am I in the norm? If so, that’s ok

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Re:Ozempic and Wegovy are selected for Medicare's price nego... by btylke on Saturday January 18, 2025 @11:24AM (#42749416)

While companies may negotiate for all employees, the percentage of the cost covered can be tiered, and some employees will pay less for better plans.

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Re:Ozempic and Wegovy are selected for Medicare's price nego... by Cumpiler69 on Sunday January 19, 2025 @06:19AM (#42756078)

>Your boss is presumably a high-value employee at a prosperous company.

The company he worked at in Germany was even more prosperous yet had worse healthcare there. What's the deal?

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