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Thursday, May 2 - Expensive weight loss drugs for Illinois state employees
10 minutes Posted May 2, 2024 at 10:30 am.
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Illinois Governor JB Pritzker wants state employees to have access to medication to help them lose weight. But the price tag, and how it was passed, has lawmakers and taxpayers outraged. Dave McKinney has more on the plan to cover injectable weight-loss drugs like Ozempic on the tax-payer dime.