Costs skyrocket for weight loss drugs

What's more, Novo Nordisk's weight loss drug has relieved the "horrible arthritis in my knees" and made her feel "much, much better," she said. But beginning Jan. 1, Halstead's federal Blue Cross Blue Shield health insurance plan is changing coverage for glucagon-like peptide 1 drugs such as Wegovy and Ozempic. The drug she now gets for $25 per month will skyrocket to…