In 2010, the Affordable Care Act expanded coverage by government and commercial insurers to defray the costs of interventions like bariatric surgery to treat obesity
More importantly, reusing needles significantly increases the risk of infection
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The white paper states that the lack of regulatory enforcement surrounding off-brand GLP-1s poses a safety risk for people who use them, citing multiple cases of safety concerns tied to compounded or counterfeit GLP-1s