Blue Cross patients navigate changes to weight loss insurance coverage
11 Video Views·Aug 13, 2024
People across Metro Detro
obstacles among other we
we wanted to find out jus
was. And now our facebook
with comments. Kimberly r
she had to switch to blue
from Medicaid and now her
We also heard from Jennif
lost £50 but was then cut
despite putting in the wo
reporter Christiana Ford
is introducing us to a wo
who just wants answers. N
a lot of people here in M
them tells me that time i
her because her medicatio
weeks left. 27 year old P
a time when she wasn't tr
polycystic ovarian syndro
P. C. O. S. Probably sinc
six and after suffering w
from medications, stomach
you can think of scott th
something that worked. On
ozempic, I had no issues,
great until she went to h
there was no refill to ge
half a script left. So in
about four weeks worth. U
have about two more weeks
get back on that. That me
insurance company, michiga
Blue Shield no longer cov
drugs unless prescribed t
as of august 1st and chan
requirements. This decisi
We've been having to talk
the past 6 to 10 months a
struggled with it. Dr jame
officer says it mainly ca
prices of these drugs are
The drug companies are re
a month and you know, we
of the day, we have to be
your competitors aren't c
really makes it tough for
cover it when you're tryi
affordable for everybody.
increasing in popularity
approval for weight loss.
for the weight loss aspect
it for the insulin resista
want to have to go back o
since the drugs aren't ap
approved by the F. D. A.
be left to foot the bill
in michigan. The cost is
definitely deter a lot of
I don't think I would be
$1500 a month that it cou
why she's speaking out, h
soon. Well, I feel awful
in the same boat as I am.
they can figure it out so
in holly Christiana forwa
We just got a statement f
in part quote Blue Cross
would not cover non F. D.
medications. Rather, if t
looking for covered treat
recommend they talk to th
about alternative treatme

