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Costco To Offer Weight Loss Drugs to Select Members

April 3, 2024

Costco is set to offer weight loss drugs and corresponding healthcare to select members of the wholesale warehouse club.

Global Newswire reports that Sesame, a healthcare system for uninsured Americans and those with high-deductible plans, unveiled an expansion of its already-existing partnership with Costco. The company will now offer healthcare specializing in weight loss to wholesale club members.

The cost? $179 for a weight loss program within the Sesame marketplace.

Within this program, individuals will receive three months of clinical consultation, be able to select their doctors, and have a live video consult. Also, they can message their clinician, receive a nutritional guide, and then be helped to find a clinically appropriate treatment program.

“We are witnessing important innovations in medically-supervised weight loss,” said David Goldhill, Sesame’s co-founder and CEO and a serial author on American healthcare reform. “Sesame’s unique model allows us not only to make high-quality specialty care like weight loss much more accessible and affordable, but also to empower clinicians to create care plans that are specific to — and appropriate for — each individual patient.”

To be prescribed weight loss drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy, patients must be assessed by their doctor and determined to be candidates for this type of treatment. The drugs are also subject to availability and are not part of the $179 doctor plan. Sesame says on its website that these types of drugs can cost upwards of $950 to $1,600 per month without insurance.

Costco and Sesame first announced a partnership in September 2023. The two companies deliver low-prince healthcare from Sesame’s extensive marketplace to Costco members.

The types of services provided include virtual primary care (starting at just $29 for Costco Members), health checkups (including lab work, just $72), and virtual mental health therapy (just $79). The URL for Costco Members to access this new weight loss service is www.CostcoWeightLoss.com.

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