American Airlines Cuts Ozempic From Flight Attendant Healthcare Coverage

American Airlines’ flight attendant union is expressing frustration over an upcoming change to the company’s healthcare plan, as flagged by PYOK. I’m curious to see how this plays out. American angers union with 2026 healthcare changes The Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA) isn’t happy about some changes that American is making to employee healthcare […]

GLP-1 drug approvals: A breakdown

As of Oct. 17, the FDA has approved more than a dozen glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists for diabetes, weight loss, cardiovascular disease and other indications. The approved indications for brand-name GLP-1s: Bydureon (exenatide) Type 2 diabetes in patients ages 10 years and older Byetta (exenatide) Type 2 diabetes in adults Mounjaro (tirzepatide) Type 2 diabetes […]

Ozempic for All

An estimated 100 million adult Americans—more than 40 percent of the population—are classified as obese. This is a massive health crisis that will claim many lives over the next decades. As is well known, drugs now exist that can dramatically reduce obesity and its related health risks. But most of the roughly 37 million adult […]

What FEHB changes mean for your 2026 health coverage

<![CDATA[ Most federal employees and retirees will pay much more for health coverage next year; the enrollee share of premium is going up 12.3% on average. OPM cites an aging federal workforce with more chronic conditions and prescription drug usage, including GLP-1 medications prescribed for weight loss, as contributors to the premium increase. How will […]