Costco's $179 Weight-Loss Program May Help You Get an Ozempic Prescription
Mar. 15, 2025Ozempic will be offered via a weight-loss program from Costco’s healthcare partner Sesame.Photo:SEBASTIEN BOZON/AFP via Getty; Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty
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Retail giantCostco— known for selling groceries and household items in bulk — is going to start offering prescriptions for Ozempic and other similar medications to some members.
Costco members who sign up for Sesame’s $179 three-month long weight-loss program will have video consultations and the option to message a clinician of their choice — and along with nutritional guidance, may be offered a treatment program that includes weight-loss medication like Ozempic, the companysaid in a statement.
A person takes Ozempic.Ricardo Rubio/Europa Press via Getty
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The cost of the medication is not included in the Sesame plan, either, and the provider notes onits websitethat “if you are uninsured, please be aware that GLP-1 medications like Wegovy, Ozempic and Saxenda can be expensive, typically ranging between $950 to $1,600 per month. If you are insured, your provider can assist with insurance pre-authorization paperwork to cover the cost of your medication.”
“We are witnessing important innovations in medically-supervised weight loss,” said David Goldhill, Sesame‘s co-founder and CEO, said in their statement.
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“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.”
Arecent reportfound that more 9 million prescriptions for Ozempic and similar medications had been issued — and demand continues to soar, at times leading toa shortage of the drug.
“Obesity is prevalent across every socioeconomic status in America,” Sesame co-founder and president Michael Bottatold CNN. “There are a lot of people who have this interest and who have this need and we saw that in the data.”
source: people.com
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