Maria Torres — Contributing Editor (Pricing & Insurance)

Maria Torres is GLP Agonists' contributing editor for pricing and insurance. Her job is straightforward: every dollar figure on this site — every "starts at," every "list price," every "after rebate" — is verified against a primary source before it is published, and Maria is the editor who does that verification.

Maria's beat covers four problem-areas where consumers most often get burned: introductory-rate vs. sustained-rate disclosure, tiered titration pricing that escalates as patients increase dose, opaque "membership + medication" pricing where the medication line item is undisclosed, and brand-name list prices vs. negotiated net prices after rebates.

Maria does not work for any telehealth provider. Her pricing research methodology is documented in our methodology page, and her source verification process is described in our fact-checking policy.

Editorial focus areas

• Pricing transparency & disclosure
• Tiered titration vs. flat-rate models
• Insurance prior-authorization workflows
• HSA/FSA eligibility
• State Medicaid GLP-1 coverage
• Medicare Part D weight-loss coverage gaps