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At least there are a million disclaimers, specifically saying if you have depression or anxiety disorder or hypochondria to not enable the health checks.



That’s just lawsuit defense. People do that when they know customers will hurt themselves.

Curiosity killed the cat.


The concerning prospect, which seems inevitable, is that the government gets heavily involved (after the nth scare story), regulates the hell out of the sector, and then I'm paying $5,000 for a service that used to cost $99. That is, after - if - I get permission and approval through my insurance provider, and after I give a doctor $500 before and after each test. Then I'll be reading articles about how expensive simple genetic services are in America and nobody can figure out why. Then more laws will be proposed to fix the problem, for something must be done about the gouging fees charged by genetic services providers.




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