West Virginia
West Virginia residents struggle to afford GLP-1 weight loss drugs after state ends subsidy program
In 2020, West Virginia launched a pilot program to subsidize GLP-1 drugs for public employees, but the program was shuttered in March.
A class of drugs known as GLP-1s have been helping people lose weight, but out of pocket costs put them out of reach for many Americans. In West Virginia, a subsidy program for public employees was showing promising results, but then the state abrupt... [2720 chars]