Letter: Access to effective medication shouldn’t be based on finances

Letter: Access to effective medication shouldn’t be based on finances

I take a GLP-1 medication, and it’s made a real difference in my life. But not everyone who needs these medications can get them. If you’re on Medicaid, the situation is even worse. Too often, people on Medicaid can’t get the name-brand versions — the ones that are known to work. Instead, they’re pointed toward compounded versions that don’t go through the same oversight. Why should lower-income Americans have to take the riskier, untested versi…