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Among people who have not taken a GLP-1 drug, about one in five (22%) say they would be interested in taking a GLP-1 drug to lose weight, including 7% who say they would be very interested. Women are more likely than men to say they would be at least somewhat interested in taking these drugs to lose weight (27% v

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While concerns over the negative health impacts of obesity remain, they are now in competition with concerns about the high cost and proper use of GLP1agonist medications, particularly at a time when other cost pressures may be growing. When such coverage is offered, is it common to impose conditions to qualify for it