Weight-loss drugs could set up clash between RFK Jr and aides

Experts say high demand for the drugs could force officials to make a decision on insurance coverage.

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As a weight management doctor, Mollie Cecil has seen first-hand how the latest weight-loss drugs help her patients.

She knows from personal experience, too. After a year on one medication, the West Virginia doctor lost 40 pounds. Her cholesterol and arthritis improved, allowing her to be more active with her young children.

"I just felt like a new person on them," she said.

But she worried about the same obstacle facing many of her patients - losing insurance coverage - so she tapered off the drugs as a precaution.

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