In a state where the obesity rate ranks among the highest in the country, many were thrilled when Medicaid began covering GLP-1s. What went wrong?
COLUMBUS, Miss. — April Hines has battled with her weight since she was a teenager.
But in the past couple of years, she’s fallen from 600 pounds to 385, and her blood pressure and blood sugar levels are down, too.
“I’m not as fatigued as I used to be, and I’ve been able to go back to church,” she said.
Hines, 46, credits her weight loss to Trulicity, part of a new class of expensive weight loss drugs known as GLP-1s, and her Medicaid coverage for it.
“It’s a blessing,” she said.
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