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Costco to Offer Medicare Plans Through SCAN Partnership
Costco partners with nonprofit insurer SCAN to sell Medicare plans, expanding healthcare options for members, ABC News reports.
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Costco will begin selling Medicare plans through a partnership with SCAN Group, ABC News reported, a move that quietly turns a warehouse club into a health-benefits distributor. This matters because Costco already excels at repeat customers and low-margin scale; Medicare plans are recurring revenue with built-in stickiness that could boost pharmacy, membership and in-store traffic without huge new capital. The story reframes Costco as a consumer-health conduit, which helps explain why fundamentals look bullish even while the market has grown cautious.