Ascension and the University of Texas System are set to stop paying for workers' weight-loss drugs.
Jenny started taking the popular weight-loss injection Wegovy in February and saw results almost immediately.
picture alliance/Getty ImagesThe crackdown on insurance coverage for weight-loss drugs may be just beginning.
Renee Rayburg, a consultant at Pharmaceutical Strategies Group who helps companies manage their spending on prescription drugs, said she hadn't seen many employers retreat completely from covering weight-loss drugs, as Ascension is doing.
Any weight-loss drugs that hit the market in the future would also be excluded.
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