Oct. 27, 2023

State health plan cuts weight-loss coverage for North Carolina employees

State health plan cuts weight-loss coverage for North Carolina employees
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State health plan cuts weight-loss coverage for North Carolina employees
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The North Carolina State Health plan covers more than 700,000 state employees, retirees, and their family members. There is discussion about dropping coverage of weight loss drugs which have skyrocketed to popularity in the past few years. The Board of Trustees is meeting to discuss concerns over the price of the drugs. WRAL reporter Destinee Patterson joins me in this episode to explain.