The GLP-1 Reckoning: When One Drug Category Rewrites Your Entire Benefits Budget

A Minnesota school district recently discovered something that should terrify every HR director managing pharmacy costs: GLP-1 medications—drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro—represented just 2% of their total prescriptions but consumed 56% of their entire pharmacy budget. This isn’t an outlier. It’s the new reality. Across the country, employers are watching in real-time as a […]