I was devastated. I had been able to get Zepbound for a $30 monthly copay and had lost 50 pounds in a year. The drug helped me focus on being a new mom and gaining strength at the gym, not just counting calories burned.
The discovery, combined with her fibrocystic breasts -a common, noncancerous condition that can cause lumps and cysts-meant that she needed a more comprehensive diagnostic exam to investigate the symptoms. But her insurance covered just a basic screening mammogram, so she paid thousands of dollars out of pocket for the in-depth imaging, which includes an ultrasound.
Affirming a ruling by U.S. District Judge Lorna Schofield of the Southern District of New York, a unanimous Second Circuit panel found that insurers Granite State Insurance Co. and National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh do not have to defend Texas-based gun manufacturer Primary Arms lawsuits filed by the governments of New York State and the cities of Buffalo and Rochester. The state and local governments allege that Primary Arms launched a marketing and sales scheme that helped launch a surge of gun violence in New York, according to court papers.
Democratic Rep. Gene Wu, who opposed the bill, said it's a back-door way to ban gender-affirming care for trans adults; the state has already banned it for trans minors. He also noted that transition regret is rare. One study has indicated only about 1 percent of patients regret it. "There is higher rates of regret for just about any other type of surgery," he said.
