By JOHN SAMARAS Most employers still won’t cover GLP-1s for weight loss, and some of them now tell the employee where to buy them without the plan. The International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans’ 2026 survey, published in July, found that 60 percent of employers cover the drugs for diabetes only and 36 percent for both diabetes and weight loss. Among the employers that exclude weight loss, 27 percent steer employees to a direct-to-consumer platform and 21 percent to their FSA, HSA or integrated HRA. The same survey shows why. For its respondents, GLP-1s went from 6.9 percent...
Employers that exclude GLP-1s point staff to a website and a pretax account
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Oct 12, 2026 • 2 days ago
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