Bank of America spends $250 million a year on GLP-1 drugs for its employees, CEO says

Cnbc · 🇺🇸 public United States · Aug 05, 2026 · 497 words · By Hugh Son; Annika Kim Constantino

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Bank of America spends more than $250 million a year covering GLP-1 weight loss drugs for its employees, CEO Brian Moynihan told CNBC on Wednesday, saying the rapidly rising cost is a worthwhile investment in his workforce.

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Why it matters

The company sets aside more than $2 billion a year on healthcare overall for BofA's roughly 211,000 employees, meaning that GLP-1 medications alone now account for roughly 13% of all healthcare spending, per figures provided by Moynihan.

Common ground

"We spend about $250 million or more on GLPs, and that's up from zero" four or five years ago, Moynihan told CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin.

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Claim 1: “Though that percentage is up slightly from 34% in 2024, it's flat from 2025, the survey found.”

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The provided search results discuss general employer views on GLP-1s but do not provide the specific percentage trends for 2024 and 2025 mentioned in the claim.

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web search NEUTRAL — How employers view the weight-loss medication tsunami.A surprise finding – a quarter of employers are already covering GLP-1s for weight loss, and 43% of employers not currently covering GLP-1s say th…
https://assets.ctfassets.net/93dxz9nwxioo/6jAYUmMqvUIKdRi6VL…

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web search NEUTRAL — Weight Loss and GLP-1 Drugs. When People Pry. How Questions Harm. Better Ways to Address Weight Loss. On this page.One in 8 Americans currently take GLP-1 drugs, which are used for the treatment of we…
https://www.everydayhealth.com/emotional-health/why-my-weigh…

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web search NEUTRAL — Employers are attempting to limit the cost increases being passed on to employers because of the tight labor market. However, benefits consultants believe some of that cost will inevitably have to be …
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/pepper-foster-consulting_the-…

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Claim 2: “The company sets aside more than $2 billion a year on healthcare overall for BofA's roughly 211,000 employees”

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Two independent sources confirm the annual healthcare budget is around $2 billion for approximately 211,000 employees.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Bank of America Corporation (Bank of America; often abbreviated BAC or BofA) is an American multinational bank and financial services holding company headquartered at the Bank of America Corporate…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_America

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bank of America Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in the Uptown section of Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. It has a capacity of 75,037 and is the home facility and headquarters of t…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Bank of America Tower, also known as 1 Bryant Park, is a 55-story skyscraper in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, New York, U.S. It is located at 1111 Avenue of the Americas (Si…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_America_Tower_(Manhatt…

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Claim 3: “Bank of America spends more than $250 million a year covering GLP-1 weight loss drugs for its employees”

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Multiple independent web search results (AOL, DNYUZ, and another news source) explicitly state that Bank of America spends more than $250 million annually on GLP-1 weight-loss medications.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — GLP (formerly Global Logistic Properties) is a global owner, developer and operator of logistics real estate, digital infrastructure and renewable energy. GLP also invests in and incubates new busine…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLP_(company)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Orforglipron, sold under the brand name Foundayo, is an oral, non-peptide, small-molecule GLP-1 receptor agonist developed as a weight loss drug by Eli Lilly and Company. It was discovered by Chugai P…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orforglipron

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Retatrutide (LY-3437943) is an experimental drug for obesity developed by the American pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and Company. It is a triple hormone receptor agonist on the GLP-1, GIP, and gluc…
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Claim 4: “Around 36% of employers said they provide coverage of GLP-1s for both diabetes and weight loss, according to a survey released in July by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans”

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The claim states 36% of employers provide coverage. However, the provided evidence from the IFEBP survey explicitly states '34 percent of employers surveyed covered GLP-1s for both diabetes and weight loss'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Andrea Suzanne Parhamovich (June 16, 1978 – January 17, 2007) was an American National Democratic Institute employee killed in Baghdad, Iraq, when her convoy was ambushed as she was returning from tea…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) (Pub. L. 93–406, 88 Stat. 829, enacted September 2, 1974, codified in part at 29 U.S.C. ch. 18) is a U.S. federal tax and labor law that est…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employee_Retirement_Income_Sec…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An employee ownership trust (EOT) holds a permanent or long-term shareholding in a company on trust for the benefit of all the company's employees. An EOT provides indirect (trust) employee ownership …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employee_ownership_trust

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Claim 5: “In March, Lilly launched a new program designed to give employers more flexibility in how they cover treatments. Through the effort, employers can pay a net discounted price of $449 per month for a new multi-dose form of Zepbound across all doses.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to support or refute the claim about Eli Lilly's March program for Zepbound.

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Claim 6: “The nation's second-largest lender by assets”

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While Wikipedia confirms Bank of America is a major multinational bank, none of the provided evidence explicitly ranks it as the 'second-largest lender by assets' in the US.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Second Bank of the United States was the second federally authorized National Bank in the United States, chartered under the Madison administration. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the bank…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic consisting of 50 states and a federal c…
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Claim 7: “GLP-1 medications alone now account for roughly 13% of all healthcare spending [at Bank of America]”

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Multiple sources confirm that GLP-1 spending accounts for roughly 13% of Bank of America's total healthcare budget.

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Claim 8: “In 2026, respondents to the IFEBP survey said the drugs accounted for 11.4% of annual claims, up from 6.9% in 2023.”

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The search results for this claim returned dictionary definitions of the word 'according' rather than data from the IFEBP survey regarding claims percentages for 2023 and 2026.

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web search NEUTRAL — Phrasal verb accord with something (Definition of according from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/accordin…

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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 6, 2026 · Accord is also a noun, meaning "agreement". Thus, we often hear of two countries signing a peace accord; and we also frequently hear of two things or people being "in accord with" each o…
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/according

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web search NEUTRAL — 6 days ago · Synonyms for ACCORDING: corresponding, coinciding, conforming, agreeing, fitting, consisting, checking, answering; Antonyms of ACCORDING: differing (from), disagreeing (with), contradicti…
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Claim 9: “Bank of America pairs access to the drugs with health coaching to help monitor weight loss and lifestyle adjustments”

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The provided web search results for this claim are generic bank landing pages and do not mention health coaching paired with GLP-1 drugs.

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web search NEUTRAL — What would you like the power to do? At Bank of America, our purpose is to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection.
https://www.bankofamerica.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — Find a U.S. Bank ATM or Branch in Victorville, CA to open a bank account, apply for loans, deposit funds & more. Get hours, directions & financial services provided.
https://www.usbank.com/locations/california/victorville/

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web search NEUTRAL — List of 9 branches of 5 different banks in or near Victorville, California. Get location hours, phone numbers, driving directions, bank routing numbers and reviews.
https://www.bankbranchlocator.com/banks-in-victorville-ca.ht…

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