Thousands of Massachusetts residents are on the verge of losing insurance coverage for powerful weight loss drugs that have helped them manage obesity when other treatments have failed.
The impending loss of coverage on July 1 has some of the state’s lowest-income residents, who rely on Medicaid, scrambling to find extra cash to pay for the medicines out of pocket. The costs are steep, typically up to $450 per month.
Some are looking for second or third jobs. Others are dipping into savings. And still others simply cannot afford the extra costs and fear the improvements in their health and weight will deteriorate when their medication runs out…