Insurance covers this for those needing it, not for using as a weight loss.
It seems to me that the insurance companies would gladly pay for it, at a substantial discount of course, to keep their members healthy and not have to pay for expensive operations, meds and transplants, etc later. Cost savings in the long run..............
As a diabetic, who is also overweight, the VA is my medical provider and according to my Dr. the VA will not cover these drugs for my particular case. Not diabetic enough is the reason.
I have lost weight through diet change which was essentially eating nothing but those Power Bowls in the frozen food section...ugh...But I hit a plateau—and I gained most all of it back because I started eating human food sans the obvious like gravy, copious amounts of spaghetti, french fries, breakfast cereal, etc...
I will look into this.