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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Julia Kollewe

Health insurer Vitality is first to offer UK members weight-loss jabs

packets of Wegovy weight-loss treatments
Wegovy, made by Denmark’s Novo Nordisk, starts at £139 for a month’s supply in the UK at online pharmacies, rising to £269 for higher doses. Photograph: Reuters

Vitality has become the first health insurer in the UK to offer customers discounted weight loss treatments for up to a year through its health cover.

Vitality, the UK’s third-largest health insurer behind Bupa and Axa, with 1.9 million members, says it will offer discounts of up to 20% for medications such as Wegovy and Mounjaro – which are popular but pricey – to members, based on their body mass index (BMI) and weight-related health conditions.

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