Costco memberships now come with a new perk.
The warehouse retailer is now offering its U.S. members access to prescriptions for GLP-1 weight loss drugs through its partnership with Sesame, a direct-to-consumer healthcare marketplace.
The new program launched on Tuesday.
Costco members can now subscribe to Sesame’s weight loss program for as low as $179 per subscription period. Non-members also have access to the subscription but must pay $195 per subscription period.
“We are witnessing important innovations in medically supervised weight loss,” David Goldhill, Sesame’s co-founder and CEO, said in a statement.
“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.”
Because of customers’ interest in weight loss, Costco and Sesame developed the renewable three-month program, Goldhill said in an interview with USA Today.
Under the subscription, Costco members can:
- Receive three months of clinical consultation.
- Be able to select a clinician of their choice.
- Have an initial live video consultation with the clinician.
- Be able to message their clinician outside of scheduled appointments.
- Receive a nutritional guide and recommendations.
- Be guided to an individualized, clinically appropriate treatment program.
Costco first partnered with Sesame last fall when it began offering members a broad range of outpatient medical care for as low as $29.