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Rules 1.1.0 · as of 14 Sep 2026
Owen Scott Muir · Said 31 Jul 2023 · owen-0665
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“Obesity medicine like semeglutide is projected to cost 15% of all American Health Care Spending. That is 4.6 Trillion Dollars. I’ll write that out: $690,000,000,000.00 is the Revenue for Big Health from GLP-1s.”
Part IV of the MHPAEA series (2023-07-31), aside on why payers profit from denying mental health care. The author restates a projection that GLP-1 obesity drugs (semaglutide) will cost 15% of total US health spending, computing $690 billion from a $4.6 trillion base, and calls it revenue for big health plans.
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