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Ozempic Is Making People Buy Less Food, Walmart Says

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Re: Ozempic Is Making People Buy Less Food, Walmart Says

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Ozempic purchases happen to also be correlated with rising prices, though.

Presumably they're looking at comparable shoppers before and after one starts Ozempic during the same time period. Or are you implying people are starting Ozempic to avoid buying food?

> Or are you implying people are starting Ozempic to avoid buying food?

I read a recent article that said it cost $1,000/mo. So doubtful this would be a good strategy to save money.

Re: Ozempic Is Making People Buy Less Food, Walmart Says

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This story has 100% of the markers of public relations and a planted story.

Take a step back: Do you actually believe this? Really? Really? It just reads like it’s fake.

The data is simply not believable. It is designed to get headlines and focus on Ozempic to get people to buy it.

This is propaganda. Planted and designed by pharm industry.

Re: Ozempic Is Making People Buy Less Food, Walmart Says

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Come on now. Can’t? Really? Maaaybe it’s against some law or privacy policy or mandatory annual training. But do you honestly believe companies follow laws and policies if they think they can get away with not? And even if you can ignore that corporations are regularly -publicly- wrist-slapped for failings in those areas and still believe they are virtuous, privacy-respecting, law-abiding entities (rofl) … are you re…

I don't think you've worked in the medical industry, or you'd know just how big of a deal HIPAA is.

I've never worked in the medical industry but I know many people who have, who basically told me HIPAA violations are extremely common and only enforced for a fraction of violations that actually occur. My ex used to work in medical insurance (for a very, very big company) and estimated that maybe 3% of HIPAA violations are actually enforced. I used to think HIPAA was a huge deal until she told me story after story of violations that were ignored.

I think HIPAA is the sort of thing where if you hear about it then it's taken seriously, but the overwhelming number of violations are just ignored and you never hear about them. I'd like to be wrong but unfortunately that's the information I've been fed by people more knowledgeable than me.

Re: Ozempic Is Making People Buy Less Food, Walmart Says

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>debit card ending in 6969 purchased Ozempic at pharmacy >debit card ending in 6969 purchased $200 of food, 5% less than they did last month They don't have to know anything about the specific person to correlate data they likely already have in their POS system.

HIPAA violation

No, I don't think it would be. The last four digits of a CC purchase at a pharmacy won't contain PHI. It will just say "pharmacy." But if you have some data to back that claim up, I'd love to read about it.

Re: Ozempic Is Making People Buy Less Food, Walmart Says

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It’s also covered for actual obese as well.

That's new under Wegovy

We govt and ozempic are the same drug, semaglutide, made by the same manufacturer, Novo Nordisk.

Wegovy is not new, it was approved by the FDA for weight loss in 2021. And Ozempic was used off label for weight loss for many years before then.

So Ozempic is approved for use by the obese for weight loss.

Re: Ozempic Is Making People Buy Less Food, Walmart Says

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You can’t anonymize the data first?

Nope, it’s not like A/B testing a button color on an ad; it’s medical history

You can anonymize data. If it's not able to identify the real person, it's allowed.
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