{"id":4929,"date":"2016-11-03T10:49:34","date_gmt":"2016-11-03T14:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=4929"},"modified":"2016-11-03T10:49:34","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T14:49:34","slug":"genetic-test-costs-taxpayers-500-million-a-year-with-little-to-show-for-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=4929","title":{"rendered":"Genetic test costs taxpayers $500 million a year, with little to show for it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Casey Ross for ST<em>A<\/em>T)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"big-cap\">W<\/span>e hear a lot about the wonders of genetic testing, how it can revolutionize medicine and find cures for fatal diseases. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2016\/11\/02\/genetic-test-medical-costs\/?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9MFkuRzaNDDUTGJEKhAk78wW4JV8qxZ8SeJvl_pCYH2nN19UWv02CXuhwf_j9W50kH87mcV9AEKjmdZZuDau_EVQcCyQ&amp;_hsmi=36972048\" target=\"_blank\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice<\/strong>: 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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Casey Ross for STAT) We hear a lot about the wonders of genetic testing, how it can revolutionize medicine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emerging-health-issues","category-medical-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4929","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=4929"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4930,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4929\/revisions\/4930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}