{"id":11819,"date":"2018-10-24T08:34:25","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T12:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11819"},"modified":"2018-10-24T08:34:25","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T12:34:25","slug":"crowdfunding-raises-millions-for-unproven-and-potentially-harmful-treatments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11819","title":{"rendered":"Crowdfunding raises millions for unproven \u2014 and potentially harmful \u2014 treatments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Megan Thielking for ST<em>A<\/em>T)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"big-cap-wrap\"><span class=\"big-cap\">C<\/span><\/span>rowdfunding campaigns have raked in millions of dollars for scientifically unproven \u2014 and potentially dangerous \u2014 medical treatments since 2015, according to a new analysis. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2018\/10\/23\/medical-crowdfunding-for-unproven-treatments\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=66932207&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_bDVBs-V01lYoEusBRss78jkw8BaiX_E4PajvWZXfeYiy9z1l9PJVEeLKz1-siWngqDuNV7iWif_Q8sjVoJRajRVbypA&amp;_hsmi=66932207\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4372\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"32\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Megan Thielking for STAT) Crowdfunding campaigns have raked in millions of dollars for scientifically unproven \u2014 and potentially dangerous<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-general","category-health-care-finance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11819"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11820,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11819\/revisions\/11820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}