Skyrocketing cost of weight-loss drugs has state Medicaid programs looking for solution

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  1. In 2022 obesity cost Indiana state government an estimated $966 million dollars (equal to 4.5 percent of that year’s fiscal revenue. Indiana’s shortsighted, knee jerk reaction to “saving” dollars end up costing more than the meager savings.

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