[cammikebrown]

Ozempic is like $800 a month, do the people spending that also go to Walmart?

[dharmab]

Yes

1. Health insurance caps the annual price to a few thousand dollars, which is worth the money for most people for the health and social advantages

2. Wealthy suburban families shop at Wal-Mart quite a lot

[thefourthchime]

I'm love Walmart, great prices and return policy. Way less sketchy crap like Amazon has.

[homero]

I wish Walmart didn't ruin their catalog with third party like Amazon did

[pclmulqdq]

Many people who are taking ozempic are not doing it with a prescription. That would not generally be covered by insurance.

Edit: I meant off-label, not without a prescription. Same treatment by insurance.

[nwiswell]

... But if you're doing it illegally, you can pay way less money than you would for prescription Ozempic.

There is a booming black market for bootleg Chinese Semaglutide (and Tirzepatide, and Retatrutide, and etc)

[fred_is_fred]

Correct - Every health "spa" in the US sells it for 30% of what the name brand is.

[AviationAtom]

If only that were the case. $800/mo, with coupon, because insurance says no.

[notatoad]

there's plenty of people who buy groceries at wal-mart not by choice, but because wal-mart is the only grocery store in their suburb.

[bicx]

I’ve been living in Quartzsite, AZ, for the last 3 months, and we don’t even have a Walmart. The closest one is a 45-minute drive away.

[dharmab]

I normally buy at the local store within walking distance, but $80 at Wal-Mart costs me 120-150 at the local store.

[homero]

It's covered for actual diabetics

[prepend]

It’s also covered for actual obese as well.

[homero]

That's new under Wegovy

[prepend]

We govt and ozempic are the same drug, semaglutide, made by the same manufacturer, Novo Nordisk.

Wegovy is not new, it was approved by the FDA for weight loss in 2021. And Ozempic was used off label for weight loss for many years before then.

So Ozempic is approved for use by the obese for weight loss.