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Can California afford to cover Ozempic for public employees?
In a rare showing of bipartisan support, the state Senate in May overwhelmingly voted to pass a bill that would potentially help hundreds of thousands of California public employees combat obesity by requiring their health insurer to cover anti-obesity medications, or GLP-1 drugs, like Ozempic. So why is CalPERS, the health plan for 1.3 million […]
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According to CalMatters’s source item, Can California afford to cover Ozempic for public employees?, In a rare showing of bipartisan support, the state Senate in May overwhelmingly voted to pass a bill that would potentially help hundreds of thousands of California public employees combat obesity by requiring their health insurer to cover anti-obesity medications, or GLP-1 drugs, like Ozempic. So why is CalPERS, the health plan for 1.3 million […]
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- Can California afford to cover Ozempic for public employees?CalMatters - 2026-06-09T13:00:00+00:00
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