This week in health news, from Scott LaFee of the Sanford Burnham Prebys research institute
Next-generation weight-loss drugs like Ozempic are in high demand. Until perhaps people see the price tag. A new study suggests that even if people have health insurance coverage, high co-pays can deter them from staying on such drugs.
In the study, conducted before Ozempic was approved to treat obesity, insured patients with Type 2 diabetes and heart failure who faced co-pays of $50 or more were 50 percent less likely to keep taking Ozempic and Trulicity than people whose co-pays were $10 or less.Currently, Medicare doesn’t cover weight-loss drugs, and private insurance coverage is spotty.
Contrarily, a STAT-Harris poll found that nearly half of respondents said they would pay $100 a month for weight-loss drugs; one-quarter said they’d pay $250 a month and 17 percent said they were OK with $500 a month.A child who develops pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia , the most common childhood cancer, has a good chance of being cured — if they live in a high-income country with access to experts.
For example, more than 80 percent of children with ALL treated at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego survive, but 20 miles to the south in Tijuana, Mexico, and other low- and middle-income countries, survival odds range from 10 percent to 60 percent. Since 2008, Rady has paired with Hospital General-Tijuana to share training, expertise, research and other resources. It’s paid off. Survival for standard risk ALL in Tijuana went from 73 percent before 2012 to 100 percent by 2017; for high-risk ALL, from 48 percent to 55 percent.Almost half of all humans have brown eyes, followed by blue , hazel and green . The remaining 1 percent have eyes of another color.
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