The doctor prescribed a drug for obesity. His insurer called it “vanity.”
“Access to drugs for the treatment of obesity is unfortunate in this country,” said Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford, a specialist in obesity medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. But even if a patient’s insurer covers weight loss medications, most doctors do not suggest medications and most patients do not ask for them …
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