77. The Pioneer (uBiome)
A revolutionary microbiome testing company often described as "the 23andMe of poop" is accused of illegal billing practices.
Prelude: A former music pirate transitions to a healthcare fraud scheme.
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Comments (17)
As a microbiome scientist, I listened to this with much interest. I definitely think there was a promising idea in there. What a shame.
So many of these scams start with a promising idea. They just lose their way after that.
I always hated CVS and have always tried to avoid going there. (Except when greedy health insurance companies forced me to use them.) But now I'm starting to think CVS must be headed by the most gullible idiots in corporate America. They fell for this scam and Elizabeth Holmes' Theranos scam at pretty much the same time.
Walgreens fell for Theranos, not CVS.
Way to take down that Republican asshole Jack Kingston, ACC!
Thanks for responding. Glad to see you're still ACC.
Isn't Chime a payday loan app? We're surprised ACC would take money from a company like that.
No. There's no interest.
Cheeky little radiohead lyric drop! Love it
Just listened and absolutely loved that part+
Excellently written, and great work from deformr as usual. Deuces.
Outstanding episode
No Jim Bakker minute? Not sure how I’m going to get through my day without his motivational pep talk, lol.
Listening again! Wow..
OMG I almost (almost!) crapped my pants!!! This is the number 1 thing I'm looking forward to this weekend. Working some cow manure into my garden tomorrow is number 2.
Crapped pants and cow manure all over an episode focusing on poop!
Woo-hoo, Saturday is made! 🥳😄🥳