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• krisevol@lemmy.zip ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It’s $149 of you don’t have insurance. I have insurance though Kaiser so i didn’t quality for that, and kiaser won’t give it to me.

  So i pay $36k a year for insurance for drugs they won’t give me, and i can’t afford the drugs because i didn’t qualify for the “no insurance” coupons.

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  • dan@upvote.au ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Ah that sucks. I didn’t know that. My wife uses Zepbound and thankfully our insurance covers it so it’s only $10/month.

    We’re Aussies living in the USA, and GLP-1 meds aren’t covered by Australia’s public health care system yet, so right now it’s actually cheaper in the USA than in Australia. In Australia, medications covered by the public health care system (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme) are a maximum of $S25 for most people, and $7.70 for low-income families.

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• JasonDJ@lemmy.zip ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I started wegovy pill last month and have lost 30lbs so far, roughly 8% of my starting body weight.

  I’m a fat fuck though, and my first pounds always come off easy. Plus there were a couple days I just didn’t eat because I was throwing up constantly.

  The starting doses are $149/mo with mfg coupon and no insurance. Higher doses I think are $199. I believe both are cheaper than the injected variety.

  As much as I hate the fact that I have to pay out of pocket for any medication…I’m fairly sure my grocery bill dropped by more than $149 since starting.

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  • dan@upvote.au ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Wow, nice! Keep it up.

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• Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  in the USA you can get Wegovy pills for $149/month now

  Wtf? That’s little more than HALF what it costs in Denmark where drugs are usually much CHEAPER than in the US!

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  • HeyJoe@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Idk about the pills, but my wife has been on the shot since last year and it was $25 a month on my particular insurance plan in the US. This year insurance got worse and plan cost went up drastically. I now pay $50 a month, although we recently changed to get a 3 month supply and that came to $100 for the 3 months. Sounds ok i guess, but my insurance alone costs like $1400 a month or almost $17k a year… i would much rather pay $150 a month and save the 17k a year.

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    • dan@upvote.au ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I still don’t understand the three month discounts lol. Seems like a bunch of insurance plans have it. With my insurance, you can either get one month, or three months’ worth for the exact same price as one month, so I’m not sure why anyone would ever get refills monthly.

      I’m very thankful that my employers covers almost all the cost of my (and my wife’s) insurance. My wife is self-employed so it’d be pretty expensive if she needed to get her own health insurance.

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