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Why we’ll all end up taking Ozempic

Retiring NIB chief Mark Fitzgibbon on the two biggest issues facing the private health sector: the brawl between hospitals and insurers, and the future of care.

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During his 22 years running private health insurer NIB, chief executive Mark Fitzgibbon has never been one to pull his punches. At his final profit announcement on Monday, he delivered a couple of big calls.

“We’ll all be taking GLP-1 agonists [the class of drug that includes Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro] like we do daily vitamins,” he told Chanticleer.

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James Thomson is senior Chanticleer columnist based in Melbourne. He was the Companies editor and editor of BRW Magazine. Connect with James on Twitter. Email James at j.thomson@afr.com

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