More and more employers are considering covering these drugs when prescribed for weight loss, while implementing certain "guardrails" to manage cost and improve health outcomes.
Employers often want to help employees with these kinds of situations, but granting an employee's request to change a mistaken election often places some amount of risk on the company.
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