Big Employers Cover Contraceptives But Not Weight-Loss Meds - WSJ

Some 77% of large employers provide drug coverage for contraceptives without limits on quantity or cost, but the number falls to 33% when it comes to coverage of emergency contraceptives, according to a survey out from Mercer, one of the big human-resource consulting shops.

Meanwhile, 25% of large employers covered smoking-cessation drugs without limits, and 15% did so for impotence drugs. Fertility and weight-loss medicines garnered even less coverage. Mercer’s results for prescription drugs coverage in 2007 are based on survey responses from 508 employers with 500 or more workers. Take a look at the details in the chart below....