Can California afford to cover Ozempic for public employees? (opens in new tab)

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 […]