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It's pretty crazy to me that that we aren't already all on Ozempic. The cost to the country for all chronic conditions obesity causes will bankrupt the country. Insurers should basically be forced to cover all the downstream costs their policies create or they'll continue to kick the can.

Ideally we didn't addict our country to cheap junk food but that ship has sailed. If it were up to me I'd tax the shit out of any company selling a product with more than five grams of sugar and use that to buy the patent to tirzepatide and make generic medications available asap.