RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- North Carolina State Health Plan will no longer cover popular weight-loss drugs, effective on Monday.
Board members voted in January to exclude all coverage of obesity medications, such as Wegovy.
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This will end coverage for plan members who are grandfathered in and already taking the medications.
The plan spent more than $1 million on weight-loss drugs last year. That's roughly 10 percent of its net pharmacy spending.
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