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Arizona Plans To Sue Theranos Over Faulty Blood Tests (techcrunch.com)
An anonymous reader shares a TechCrunch report: The Arizona attorney general is soliciting outside legal counsel to pursue a consumer fraud lawsuit against the beleaguered blood testing startup Theranos, according to a document posted on the state's procurement website. AZ's AG has so far declined to comment on any action, but the document contends Theranos may have defrauded customers in the state and the office is now seeking proposals to assist it in possible legal action "against Theranos, Inc. and its closely related subsidiaries for violations of the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act arising out of Theranos Inc.'s long-running scheme of deceptive acts and misrepresentations relating to the capabilities and operation of Theranos blood testing equipment." Theranos ran its consumer portion of the business in Arizona and even worked with the state government to change laws allowing consumers to request blood tests without a doctor's permission. But, as the document cites, a myriad bad test results, including those raised in a series of Wall street Journal articles, raised concerns with the attorney general's office.
It is myriad - as in myriad bad test results, not a myriad bad test results; didn't you pay attention in skool?
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It is myriad - as in myriad bad test results, not a myriad bad test results; didn't you pay attention in skool?
Really what happened was the time honored tradition of slashdot posts leaving out words in the article/title. In this particular case the phrase was probably supposed to be "a myriad of bad test results".
The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for it to be pitted against a slightly greater evil
Who tests blood using a thermos?!? We drink from those!
Since Theranos has essentially shut its doors, the AG isn't saving anybody. There's probably few assets in the company, so a fine will dissolve the company and leave the DoJ empty-handed.
Theranos ran its consumer portion of the business in Arizona and even worked with the state government to change laws allowing consumers to request blood tests without a doctor's permission.
The two key things that Americans are supposed to have in common are a love of freedom and a love of democracy. By democracy I mean government of, by, and for the (ordinary) people. But it's individual freedom that's relevant here.
From what I can tell, the top management at Theranos were so devoid of integrity that one might even suspect some serious mental illness. And, of course, the Theranos employees were credulously drinking the company Kool-Aid.
But that's an entirely separate issue from whether I, as a freedom loving American, should be free to spend my own money as I see fit - even on medical tests that may not be strictly necessary. As long as the (physical) risk of those tests is relatively low, it's basically a freedom of speech issue. If I want to pay someone for their opinion then that's my business. The federal government shouldn't suppress the expression of that opinion.
That's not to say that the government should have no role in preventing fraud. If a company claims to provide accurate medical tests then government oversight to insure that they do is fine. But that's entirely separate from the question of whether only medical doctors should be allowed to order (non-invasive) medical tests.
She blatantly endangered lives with Silicon Valley bullshit fake tests. It is criminal that she isn't rotting in a jail cell for fake test results.
It's been known for years Theranos is nothing but a scam. They have never allowed anyone to try and replicate their results, have never submitted their tests to government scrutiny, have never done anything to show their tests do what they claim they do.
It's a bit late for Arizona to be suing the company now, right when it's about to go bankrupt. At least go after Holmes for the fraud she's been perpetuating all this time because there's little left of the company.
We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
They will keep all the money, the "consumers" won't see a dime.
Fake post about real articles about fake laws?
That's why Elizabeth doesn't live in Arizona. She uses hree at a time.
Once he gets all the infinity stones, Arizona is toast!
This entire scam stems from Americans obsession with pretty, youthful, success. The US was so busy idolizing Holmes, nobody stopped and asked if it was real. Somewhere along the line we gave up critical thinking skills.
The post is quite real. The Arizona law is also quite real. Using Google you can find many more sources than the three citations I provided.
I'll see your senator, and I'll raise you two judges.