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County administrator proposes ending coverage for weight-loss drugs in 2026 to protect trust fund
Erie County Commissioners · March 5, 2025
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County Administrator Hank Solowiej told commissioners the county’s health plan paid about $500,000 for weight-loss drugs in 2024 and proposed removing coverage for those medications starting Jan. 1, 2026, while continuing coverage for diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
County Administrator Hank Solowiej told the Erie County Commissioners on March 5 that the county’s health insurance Trust Fund, now about $3 million, is being reduced in part by prescriptions for weight-loss drugs such as Wegovy and Zepbound.
Solowiej said the county spent roughly $500,000 on those medications in…
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