Weight Loss Drugs Changed Their Lives. Then They Lost Coverage. NYT | Top Stories By: Dani Blum 19 December 2024 at 18:00 In Michigan, the state’s largest insurer has tightened restrictions around medications like Wegovy. Patients are panicking. © Brittany Greeson for The New York TimesMindy McCormick, 67, had to stop taking Wegovy after her insurer stopped covering the drug.