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WSJ Your Money Briefing

Making Sense of Weight-Loss Drugs’ Cost and Coverage

WSJ Your Money Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Business News

3.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

GLP-1s like Ozempic and Wegovy are no longer in short supply, yet they still can cost more than $1,000 a month out of pocket. Wall Street Journal contributor Cheryl Winokur Munk joins host Callum Borchers to dig into why some people pay much more for weight-loss drugs than others.  Sign up for the WSJ's free Markets A.M. newsletter.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Here's your money briefing for Wednesday, June 4th.

0:33.2

I'm Callum Borshers for the Wall Street Journal.

0:38.2

It's a confusing time to shop for GLP1 weight loss drugs like OZempec and Wagovi.

0:43.5

The insurance plan you expected to cover your prescription might not pick up the tab after all.

0:49.1

At least there's no longer a shortage of these popular medications.

0:52.3

The law of supply and demand means prices will come down,

0:55.0

right?

0:55.7

So much when it comes to the cost of GLP1 drugs is it depends, and that's very frustrating for

1:01.4

consumers, especially for people who really want access to these drugs and don't have the means

1:06.1

to get the access.

1:07.5

We'll try to make sense of the GLP1 market with WSJ contributor Cheryl Winneger-Munk. That's coming

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