Warehouse retailer Costco is expanding its healthcare footprint by offering a comprehensive weight loss service to its members across all 50 states with a three-month subscription starting at $179.
The program is run through digital healthcare marketplace Sesame and represents an expansion of Costco's partnership with the startup, first announced last September.
Sesame's healthcare marketplace...
Self-pay healthcare marketplace Sesame announced it is teaming up with Costco to provide the wholesaler's members with virtual and in-person healthcare at a discounted price through Sesame's network of providers.
Sesame's direct-payment healthcare marketplace provides consumers with access to telehealth and in-person services, including mental health consultations and urgent care visits. The...
Triple Tree Associate Joe Long
Minnesota investment banking firm Triple Tree has released a report about the rise of consumerism in the healthcare industry. The company says the industry is becoming less like a traditional healthcare system and more like a retail environment, with B2B2C, or business-to-business-to-consumer, business models becoming the dominant format.
"Viewed through the lens...
