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Cheapest place to get sema right now? Price keeps going up

mona_PHX Fri, May 29, 2026 at 6:28 AM 19 replies 368 viewsPage 2 of 4
BenResearch_OR
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May 29, 2026 at 9:57 PM#6
anders_CPH said:
My insurance denied my PA related to cost and coverage.

Pushing back on anders_CPH here. The affordability discussion here usually stops at individual tactics. At list price this class is out of reach for most of the people who would benefit, and no amount of appeal strategy changes that — it is a pricing problem wearing a paperwork costume.

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Dr.PeteFamMed
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May 30, 2026 at 4:07 AM#7
mona_PHX said:
The list price and the price I actually pay differ by a factor of six depending on which of four routes I use, and none of that is transparent from…

Telehealth prescriber review for cost and coverage: I've used 3 different telehealth platforms to get my GLP-1 prescription. Comparison:

FeaturePlatform APlatform BPlatform C
Initial Consult$73$93$0
Monthly Follow-up$43Included$58
Prescription SpeedSame day24-48 hoursSame day
Lab MonitoringRequiredOptionalRequired

I settled on the one that required labs — it shows they care about safety, not just prescribing volume.

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Dr.RheumBOS
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May 30, 2026 at 10:18 AM#8
BenResearch_OR said:
The affordability discussion here usually stops at individual tactics.

Financial impact of cost and coverage weight loss beyond medication cost:

  • Groceries: SAVED $234/month (eating less)
  • Restaurants: SAVED $164/month (fewer meals out)
  • Alcohol: SAVED $114/month (stopped drinking)
  • Life insurance: Premium REDUCED by $44/month (lower BMI)
  • Copays: SAVED $64/month (fewer BP/cholesterol meds)

Net impact after medication cost: approximately BREAKING EVEN. The medication pays for itself through reduced food spending and healthcare costs. This surprised me.

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May 30, 2026 at 4:28 PM#9

A narrower follow-up, since the general answer is now clear:

Did your prescriber agree with that reading, and if not what was their objection?

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mona_PHX
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May 31, 2026 at 10:08 PM#10

OP back with an update, since a thread like this is useless without one.

Follow-up — getting the denial reason in writing was the step that mattered. It named the criterion, and the criterion was a document I already had.

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