# ‘I Don’t Want to Go Back’: When Ozempic Insurance Coverage Runs Out  ## Metadata - Author:: [[Madison Muller, Jade Khatib]] - Full Title:: ‘I Don’t Want to Go Back’: When Ozempic Insurance Coverage Runs Out - Category: #articles - URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-12-04/insurance-no-longer-covering-ozempic-brings-high-cost-for-patients?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTczMzQxMzMwNiwiZXhwIjoxNzM0MDE4MTA2LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTTllVS0REV0xVNjkwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI2NTQ3Q0ZGNDU1OEI0QzAwQUU5OUZGQzEzODMxRTRCMSJ9.O1ecSa-qQVcI0sYcPgCKLd1sjvSYCVG00mmSR-iaLMg ## Highlights > And in a way, patients say, stopping treatment is worse than never being on the drugs at all. Because once the weight has been banished, its return causes even more physical and emotional suffering. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jebr3qnt71yn5y4hs9b01w26)) > It’s been a struggle ever since. All that I had worked on had completely disappeared and my body was acting as if it was starving. I had no control over my intake of food without feeling like: Why do I feel like I’m still starving? It made me feel less than human. I had no willpower. I felt like a complete failure. I felt completely defeated. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jebr7gjqkrk80ayb2d47ephb))