In States That Won’t Pay for Obesity Drugs, ‘They May as Well Have Never Been Created’
Public employees in West Virginia who took the drugs lost weight and were healthier, and some are despondent that the state is canceling a program to help pay for them.
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![Dr. Joanna Bailey said most of her patients in Pineville, W.Va. who need weight loss drugs don’t have insurance to cover the cost and can’t afford the sticker price.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/static01.nyt.com/images/2024/06/03/multimedia/00wvobesity-01-pjkt/00wvobesity-01-pjkt-videoLarge.jpg?auto=webp)