alt Hacker NewsThat works out to something like $30-100 a month for most households. A bit disappointing for those hoping the savings on food would pay for the drug at the current drug prices.
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buellerbueller • yesterday at 2:46 PM
While you might be right in what you have presented, your calculation of the total savings is not including reduced medical spending.
jjk166 • yesterday at 4:27 PM
I mean considering most drugs don't result in any cost savings on routine household spending, that's still pretty welcome.
The cash-payer (no insurance) price of GLP-1's has fallen by about 70% since I started on them 18 months ago, from around $1100/mo to $350/mo, for brand-name non-compounded (Ozempic, Zepbound, etc). Many people also stretch that 1 month supply to last longer, as well (eg "click counting").
Not to say that it's cheap, but they are no longer the high-priced drugs only for the glitterati that you may be thinking.