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On Thu, 4 Dec 2025 18:05:17 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

I'm no Marxist chum

Do you benefit from a Socialist-style state-funded health service?

That would be considered “Marxist” in certain quarters ...
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On 2025-12-18 8:22 p.m., Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

On Thu, 4 Dec 2025 18:05:17 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

I'm no Marxist chum

Do you benefit from a Socialist-style state-funded health service?

That would be considered “Marxist” in certain quarters ...

We have a Socialist-style state-funded health service here in Canada and
it is so successful that the government happily offers medical
assistance in dying because most people would rather die.

Glenn Beck just paid to have a Canadian woman fly to the US to get
surgery for her rare thyroid issue. The Canadian system failed her so miserably that she had chosen to die. <https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/saskatchewan-jolene-van-alstine-maid>

That's the only thing socialism does: fail miserably wherever and
however it is applied.
--
CrudeSausage
John 14:6
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On 19/12/2025 01:45, CrudeSausage wrote:

On 2025-12-18 8:22 p.m., Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

On Thu, 4 Dec 2025 18:05:17 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

I'm no Marxist chum

Do you benefit from a Socialist-style state-funded health service?

That would be considered “Marxist” in certain quarters ...

We have a Socialist-style state-funded health service here in Canada and
it is so successful that the government happily offers medical
assistance in dying because most people would rather die.

Glenn Beck just paid to have a Canadian woman fly to the US to get
surgery for her rare thyroid issue. The Canadian system failed her so miserably that she had chosen to die. <https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/saskatchewan-jolene-van-alstine-maid>

That's the only thing socialism does: fail miserably wherever and
however it is applied.

Well no it doesn't.

If a funded-through-general-tax health service is defined as socialism.

Sure you can always pay for special treatment and a new unique way to
die of medical intervention, but you only need to look at the data of
say the USA versus European health care to see which is better value for
money and more likely to prolong life.
--
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On 2025-12-19 5:54 a.m., The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 19/12/2025 01:45, CrudeSausage wrote:

On 2025-12-18 8:22 p.m., Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

On Thu, 4 Dec 2025 18:05:17 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

I'm no Marxist chum

Do you benefit from a Socialist-style state-funded health service?

That would be considered “Marxist” in certain quarters ...

We have a Socialist-style state-funded health service here in Canada
and it is so successful that the government happily offers medical
assistance in dying because most people would rather die.

Glenn Beck just paid to have a Canadian woman fly to the US to get
surgery for her rare thyroid issue. The Canadian system failed her so
miserably that she had chosen to die. <https://nationalpost.com/news/
canada/saskatchewan-jolene-van-alstine-maid>

That's the only thing socialism does: fail miserably wherever and
however it is applied.

Well no it doesn't.

If a funded-through-general-tax health service is defined as socialism.

Sure you can always pay for special treatment and a new unique way to
die of medical intervention, but you only need to look at the data of
say the USA versus European health care to see which is better value for money and more likely to prolong life.

If I can spare some money, I know that I can be saved in the United
States. In Canada, even if I have the money, they would rather just let
me die. We don't have a two-tier system here at all. It's public or
nothing, and public is awful. Besides, socialism is not only why people
are dying before even getting to a hospital, it's responsible for
allowing illegal migrants to enter without any sort of prohibition. It
is why women are getting raped without a hope for rescue. It's why those
same victims of rape get 17 years in prison for defending themselves
from their rapists with a knife.

Socialism is an ideology created by Satan to enrich his followers at the expense of everyone else. Anyone who supports it is a complete and utter moron.
--
CrudeSausage
John 14:6
Windows is fine.
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On 19/12/2025 14:11, CrudeSausage wrote:

Socialism is an ideology created by Satan to enrich his followers at the expense of everyone else. Anyone who supports it is a complete and utter moron.

Ah, Another 'Honk for Jesus' fruitcake...
--
Canada is all right really, though not for the whole weekend.

"Saki"

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On 2025-12-19 10:02 a.m., The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 19/12/2025 14:11, CrudeSausage wrote:

Socialism is an ideology created by Satan to enrich his followers at
the expense of everyone else. Anyone who supports it is a complete and
utter moron.

Ah, Another 'Honk for Jesus' fruitcake...

Remember you said this when you get to your destination.
--
CrudeSausage
John 14:6
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On 12/19/25 10:38 AM, CrudeSausage wrote:

On 2025-12-19 10:02 a.m., The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 19/12/2025 14:11, CrudeSausage wrote:

Socialism is an ideology created by Satan to enrich his followers at
the expense of everyone else. Anyone who supports it is a complete
and utter moron.

Ah, Another 'Honk for Jesus' fruitcake...

Remember you said this when you get to your destination.

You are the one following Satan, white-nationalist phobe. You have
confused that with "Christianity", as is common. "Christian" can be
outright demonic.
--
Joel W. Crump
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On Fri, 19 Dec 2025 15:02:28 +0000
The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:

Socialism is an ideology created by Satan to enrich his followers
at the expense of everyone else. Anyone who supports it is a
complete and utter moron.

Ah, Another 'Honk for Jesus' fruitcake...

It's also, uh, theologically questionable :/

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On 19/12/2025 15:38, CrudeSausage wrote:

On 2025-12-19 10:02 a.m., The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 19/12/2025 14:11, CrudeSausage wrote:

Socialism is an ideology created by Satan to enrich his followers at
the expense of everyone else. Anyone who supports it is a complete
and utter moron.

Ah, Another 'Honk for Jesus' fruitcake...

Remember you said this when you get to your destination.

I am already there.
--
"Strange as it seems, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and
higher education positively fortifies it."

- Stephen Vizinczey


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On 2025-12-19 02:45, CrudeSausage wrote:

On 2025-12-18 8:22 p.m., Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

On Thu, 4 Dec 2025 18:05:17 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

I'm no Marxist chum

Do you benefit from a Socialist-style state-funded health service?

That would be considered “Marxist” in certain quarters ...

We have a Socialist-style state-funded health service here in Canada and
it is so successful that the government happily offers medical
assistance in dying because most people would rather die.

Glenn Beck just paid to have a Canadian woman fly to the US to get
surgery for her rare thyroid issue. The Canadian system failed her so miserably that she had chosen to die. <https://nationalpost.com/news/ canada/saskatchewan-jolene-van-alstine-maid>

That's the only thing socialism does: fail miserably wherever and
however it is applied.

Like having Ozempic for free?
--
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;
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On Fri, 19 Dec 2025 21:56:41 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:

Like having Ozempic for free?

TANSTAAFL

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On 20/12/2025 05:56, rbowman wrote:

On Fri, 19 Dec 2025 21:56:41 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:

Like having Ozempic for free?

TANSTAAFL

Yes. Obesity exists because of the way food is produced and marketed.
And lifestyles in a post industrial age are sedentary

Throwing Ozemopic on top of that is a bit of an unkown.
--
"Socialist governments traditionally do make a financial mess. They
always run out of other people's money. It's quite a characteristic of them"

Margaret Thatcher

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On 2025-12-20 06:56, rbowman wrote:

On Fri, 19 Dec 2025 21:56:41 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:

Like having Ozempic for free?

TANSTAAFL

But of course, there are taxes, which are put to good purposes. Some
people can afford to pay, some can't, yet they have access to expensive medicines and treatments that they can not pay.
--
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;
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On 2025-12-20 11:52, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 20/12/2025 05:56, rbowman wrote:

On Fri, 19 Dec 2025 21:56:41 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:

Like having Ozempic for free?

TANSTAAFL

Yes. Obesity exists because of the way food is produced and marketed.
And lifestyles in a post industrial age are sedentary

Throwing Ozemopic on top of that is a bit of an unkown.

Ozempic is prescribed for diabetes. But it was just an example of an
expensive treatment, there are others.

And obesity exist for many reasons.
--
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;
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On 20/12/2025 14:01, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-12-20 06:56, rbowman wrote:

On Fri, 19 Dec 2025 21:56:41 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:

Like having Ozempic for free?

TANSTAAFL

But of course, there are taxes, which are put to good purposes. Some
people can afford to pay, some can't, yet they have access to expensive medicines and treatments that they can not pay.

Ultimately national health services are a not for profit insurance
company and health delivery service funded out of general taxation.
Since it is universal and not for profit, far less very highly paid
people work in it and it doesn't need admin for billing and loss adjusters.

That alone makes it way better than privately insured and delivered.
health services.
Then having a single buying entity for drugs gives it massive bargaining
power to reduce prices.

It does nearly all of what you need for less than half of what you pay
in the USA.

Sure if you want more, you can pay for it.
--
Of what good are dead warriors? … Warriors are those who desire battle
more than peace. Those who seek battle despite peace. Those who thump
their spears on the ground and talk of honor. Those who leap high the
battle dance and dream of glory … The good of dead warriors, Mother, is
that they are dead.
Sheri S Tepper: The Awakeners.

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On 20/12/2025 14:03, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-12-20 11:52, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 20/12/2025 05:56, rbowman wrote:

On Fri, 19 Dec 2025 21:56:41 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:

Like having Ozempic for free?

TANSTAAFL

Yes. Obesity exists because of the way food is produced and marketed.
And lifestyles in a post industrial age are sedentary

Throwing Ozemopic on top of that is a bit of an unkown.

Ozempic is prescribed for diabetes. But it was just an example of an expensive treatment, there are others.

And obesity exist for many reasons.

Not really. You don't find obesity at all in certain cultures.
Ultimately it represents a huge excess of calories in over calories out.
And that is consistent with a very high starch intake, as is type II
diabetes
--
For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the
very definition of slavery.

Jonathan Swift


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On Fri, 19 Dec 2025 21:56:41 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:

Like having Ozempic for free?

On 20/12/2025 05:56, rbowman wrote:

TANSTAAFL

On 2025-12-20 11:52, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Yes. Obesity exists because of the way food is produced and marketed.
And lifestyles in a post industrial age are sedentary

Throwing Ozemopic on top of that is a bit of an unkown.

On 2025-12-20, Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

Ozempic is prescribed for diabetes. But it was just an example of an expensive treatment, there are others.

And obesity exist for many reasons.

When I was young, I was a scrawny kid. As a young geek, sleeping
irregular hours, working 11 to 20:30 and eating at random times, I was
still scrawny. After I got married, I started to slowly gain weight;
but I was still pretty active, so it was slow. After my divorce,
I was depressed, and much less active, and eventually reached 270
pounds. With a medically supervised calorie reduction program, I made it
back to 195 pounds, but it was not a sustainable diet, and after I
remarried, it crept back up to 230 lbs. With what I considered strict discipline, I made it down to 205, but was stuck oscilating between 205
and 215.

Zepbound has been a revelation for me. I pay USD 500/month direct from
EliLilly with monthly monitoring appointments with my doctor.

The price illustrates our ridiculous US healthcare system.
1) If I was a lot more obese (290 lbs?) or my type 2 diabetes was less
well managed, I would pay USD 30/month as my copay, and Medicare
would pay the rest.
2) If I went to one of the shadier compound pharmacies with internet
sales (that import the compounds directly from China), with imaginary
medical supervision from their "virtual doctor".
3) If I took the risk of importing the compounds from China myself,
I learned from an NYT article that I could get a 10 month supply for
USD 150.
So the difference between $15/month and $500/month is the quality
control performed by the pharma company and the heavy TV advertising.

With Zepbound I am experienccing for the first time in my life that
I can go to lunch with a group of men and feel full when half the meal
is still on the plate, and have them box up the rest for me.

So this is what it's like for those people who are effortlessly slim
without contorting themselves to be hungry all the time!

No wonder they think I am just undisciplined.
--
Lars Poulsen - an old geek in Santa Barbara, California
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On Sat, 20 Dec 2025 15:04:48 -0000 (UTC), Lars Poulsen wrote:

Zepbound has been a revelation for me. I pay USD 500/month direct from EliLilly with monthly monitoring appointments with my doctor.

It is unfortunate that it cannot reduce or remove the ugly fat
that has accumulated in your brain tissue.

Do not ever respond to my wonderful posts with your fatheaded
idiocy, you disgusting bloated fat fuck.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

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On 2025-12-20, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On 20/12/2025 05:56, rbowman wrote:

On Fri, 19 Dec 2025 21:56:41 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:

Like having Ozempic for free?

TANSTAAFL

Yes. Obesity exists because of the way food is produced and marketed.
And lifestyles in a post industrial age are sedentary

Throwing Ozemopic on top of that is a bit of an unkown.

"One pill makes you larger and one pill makes you small..."

It's a good growth industry for Big Pharma, anyway.
--
/~\ Charlie Gibbs | Growth for the sake of
\ / <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> | growth is the ideology
X I'm really at ac.dekanfrus | of the cancer cell.
/ \ if you read it the right way. | -- Edward Abbey
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Lars Poulsen wrote:

When I was young, I was a scrawny kid. As a young geek, sleeping
irregular hours, working 11 to 20:30 and eating at random times, I was
still scrawny. After I got married, I started to slowly gain weight;
but I was still pretty active, so it was slow. After my divorce,
I was depressed, and much less active, and eventually reached 270
pounds. With a medically supervised calorie reduction program, I made it
back to 195 pounds, but it was not a sustainable diet, and after I
remarried, it crept back up to 230 lbs. With what I considered strict >discipline, I made it down to 205, but was stuck oscilating between 205
and 215.

It's best to not put on the weight in the first place. Your body
raises its "set point" of where it wants to be, and anything below
that feels like you're starving.

Zepbound has been a revelation for me. I pay USD 500/month direct from >EliLilly with monthly monitoring appointments with my doctor.

Hidiosly expensive drugs, that we all now have to pay for. And they
must be taken for life! As if medical insurance wasn't costly enough
already!

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On 2025-12-19 3:56 p.m., Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-12-19 02:45, CrudeSausage wrote:

On 2025-12-18 8:22 p.m., Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

On Thu, 4 Dec 2025 18:05:17 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

I'm no Marxist chum

Do you benefit from a Socialist-style state-funded health service?

That would be considered “Marxist” in certain quarters ...

We have a Socialist-style state-funded health service here in Canada
and it is so successful that the government happily offers medical
assistance in dying because most people would rather die.

Glenn Beck just paid to have a Canadian woman fly to the US to get
surgery for her rare thyroid issue. The Canadian system failed her so
miserably that she had chosen to die. <https://nationalpost.com/news/
canada/saskatchewan-jolene-van-alstine-maid>

That's the only thing socialism does: fail miserably wherever and
however it is applied.

Like having Ozempic for free?

To allow obese people to take shortcuts to proper fitness? Or to counter
the effects of having had a terrible nutrition your entire life? If
that's how you want your tax money spent, that's fine.

I am aware that diabetes is also genetic, but those people aren't the
ones the people behind Ozempic are selling to anymore.
--
CrudeSausage
John 14:6
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On Sat, 20 Dec 2025 20:45:44 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

It's a good growth industry for Big Pharma, anyway.

As I see it, Big Pharma sells 3 kinds of products:

1) Cures for diseases
2) Disease preventives (vaccines etc)
3) Treatments for conditions that are not cures, but require ongoing
application for a lifetime

Which do you think is the most profitable for them? Clearly it’s 3), particularly if the condition involved is one that primarily afflicts
affluent first-world patients. Those good old erectile dysfunction
pills, as well as these weight-loss ones, clearly fit into that
category.

Which is the *least* profitable? Obviously it’s 2). Something to think
about the next time somebody tries to convince you of some kind of
“vaccine conspiracy” ...
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On Sat, 20 Dec 2025 14:47:21 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

That alone makes it way better than privately insured and delivered.
health services.

But ... but ... how can *anything* Government-run *possibly* be better
than a private for-profit service?!!?? Doesn’t that go against
everything that America Stands For??!??
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On Sun, 21 Dec 2025 02:11:38 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

On Sat, 20 Dec 2025 14:47:21 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

That alone makes it way better than privately insured and delivered.
health services.

But ... but ... how can *anything* Government-run *possibly* be better
than a private for-profit service?!!?? Doesn’t that go against
everything that America Stands For??!??

America seems to be getting a bit tired of standing for all the bullshit
our politicians feed us.

For the record the groundwork for the Affordable Care Act was done by the Democratic Senator from Montana, Max Baucus. He removed a single payer solution from consideration on day one. The miserable son of a bitch was bought and paid for by the healthcare industry and tailored the plan to
ensure their profits.

One happy outcome was Obama made him ambassador to China and we got rid of
the corrupt bastard.
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On Sat, 20 Dec 2025 08:33:32 -0500, CrudeSausage wrote:

I am aware that diabetes is also genetic, but those people aren't the
ones the people behind Ozempic are selling to anymore.

Technically using Ozempic strictly for weight loss is off label. It is a medication for Type 2 diabetes.

Wegovy is the same shit in a higher dosage and is used to treat obesity.
The catch is the former is covered by most insurance plans, the latter
isn't. Can you see the potential for abuse?
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On Sat, 20 Dec 2025 10:52:18 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 20/12/2025 05:56, rbowman wrote:

On Fri, 19 Dec 2025 21:56:41 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:

Like having Ozempic for free?

TANSTAAFL

Yes. Obesity exists because of the way food is produced and marketed.
And lifestyles in a post industrial age are sedentary

Throwing Ozemopic on top of that is a bit of an unkown.

Besides potential side effects studies are confirming that it's something
the patient will be on forever, a wonderful cash cow for the pharma
industry. That's not to say you can't stop taking it but most people in
the studies returned to the whale pod in short order.

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On Sat, 20 Dec 2025 20:45:44 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

On 2025-12-20, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On 20/12/2025 05:56, rbowman wrote:

On Fri, 19 Dec 2025 21:56:41 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:

Like having Ozempic for free?

TANSTAAFL

Yes. Obesity exists because of the way food is produced and marketed.
And lifestyles in a post industrial age are sedentary

Throwing Ozemopic on top of that is a bit of an unkown.

"One pill makes you larger and one pill makes you small..."

It's a good growth industry for Big Pharma, anyway.

Ozempic doesn't sound like any fun. Now 20 mg of the finest pharmaceutical amphetamine for weight loss, that I can understand.
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On Sun, 21 Dec 2025 02:09:17 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

Which is the *least* profitable? Obviously it’s 2). Something to think about the next time somebody tries to convince you of some kind of
“vaccine conspiracy” ...

The vaccine business certainly didn't hurt Pfizer's bottom line. The
patents on their three cash cows, Viagra, Zoloft, and Lipitor had expired,
the last, Viagra, in 2020. Their Alzheimer's drug was a dry hole and they folded the research department.

As for Lipitor, the fascination with statins lines more pockets than
Pfizer's. My doctor is a bit of a cynic and says the checklist she has to
use for Medicare somehow always comes out 'you need statins'.
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On 21/12/2025 05:00, rbowman wrote:

On Sun, 21 Dec 2025 02:09:17 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

Which is the *least* profitable? Obviously it’s 2). Something to think
about the next time somebody tries to convince you of some kind of
“vaccine conspiracy” ...

The vaccine business certainly didn't hurt Pfizer's bottom line. The
patents on their three cash cows, Viagra, Zoloft, and Lipitor had expired, the last, Viagra, in 2020. Their Alzheimer's drug was a dry hole and they folded the research department.

As for Lipitor, the fascination with statins lines more pockets than Pfizer's. My doctor is a bit of a cynic and says the checklist she has to
use for Medicare somehow always comes out 'you need statins'.

Yes. I couldn't tolerate them and I do actually need them. I am on
something VeryExpensivet™ now that actually works with no side effects, except I haven't had another blocked heart artery since I started on them...

Again its all about genetics, lifestyle and diet.
We have all loved longer than our grandparents because of modern drugs
and despite modern diets
--
Truth welcomes investigation because truth knows investigation will lead
to converts. It is deception that uses all the other techniques.

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On 2025-12-20 11:40 p.m., rbowman wrote:

On Sat, 20 Dec 2025 08:33:32 -0500, CrudeSausage wrote:

I am aware that diabetes is also genetic, but those people aren't the
ones the people behind Ozempic are selling to anymore.

Technically using Ozempic strictly for weight loss is off label. It is a medication for Type 2 diabetes.

Wegovy is the same shit in a higher dosage and is used to treat obesity.
The catch is the former is covered by most insurance plans, the latter
isn't. Can you see the potential for abuse?

I do. I imagine that there are tons of pigs in Canada abusing our health
care system to cheat on their weight loss.
--
CrudeSausage
John 14:6
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