Should People Who Want GLP-1s Have to Work for Them?

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of employers requiring workers to track diet and exercise to manage the costs of weight loss drugs.

As demand for new weight loss drugs soars, some employers are making workers track their diet and exercise in hopes of limiting use and keeping costs down. Guests: Nick Miller Ann Lewandowski , founder, Healthcare Rebel Alliance Sean Scanlon , Connecticut Comptroller Dr. Katherine Saunders , executive vice president and cofounder, Flyte Health Christopher Whaley , associate director of the Center for Advancing Health Policy through Research, Brown University Learn more and read a full transcript on our website . Want more Tradeoffs? Sign up for our free weekly newsletter featuring the latest health policy research and news. Support this type of journalism today, with a gift . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Guests: Nick Miller, Ann Lewandowski, Sean Scanlon, Dr. Katherine Saunders, Christopher Whaley

Topics covered

• weight loss drugs
• health policy
• employer health programs
• diet and exercise
• cost management

Keywords

• GLP-1
• weight loss
• employers
• diet tracking
• exercise tracking
• healthcare costs
• health policy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Healthcare Rebel Alliance, Flyte Health, Center for Advancing Health Policy through Research, Brown University

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