Posts Tagged ‘economic outcomes’

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Surprise! GLP-1s Don’t Have to Blow the Bank for a Health Plan

May 29, 2025 — A new analysis from Milliman has a revelation for health plan managers complaining loudly about the burdensome costs of GLP-1s blowing up their budgets. They’re doing it wrong. Expenses for GLP-1s that can dramatically improve the health of persons with obesity simply do not have to break the bank for a health plan. In fact, […]

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Obesity Care, Jobs, and Economics in the NHS

October 16, 2024 — Jabs for jobs. This very British headline sums up a bold effort in the UK to assess the economics of providing better access to obesity care within the National Health System. Right now, access to obesity care is highly constrained, reflecting an outdated presumption within the NHS that “we cannot treat our way out of […]