23andMe raises $50M, cuts price to $99, sets goal of 1M genotyped customers
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Re: 23andMe raises $50M, cuts price to $99, sets goal of 1M genotyped customers
#2This is kind of funny to me because just yesterday I was talking with someone who said he would be willing to try it if it cost around a $100 bucks.
Re: 23andMe raises $50M, cuts price to $99, sets goal of 1M genotyped customers
#3Wow, looks like the announcement was pretty popular, I'm getting a 503!
Luckily I got in during the sneaky "price test" on Cyber Monday at 50 dollars, so I'm good.
Re: 23andMe raises $50M, cuts price to $99, sets goal of 1M genotyped customers
#4I paid in at their first $99 discounted rate (2010) and was very disappointed when they tried to demand a non-discounted new sample for newer tests about a year later. If I had paid the full $500 I would have been downright peeved.
Still, I'm glad I did it, 23andMe is a very enlightening experience. I even found some distant relatives I never knew about.
Re: 23andMe raises $50M, cuts price to $99, sets goal of 1M genotyped customers
#5This is kind of funny to me because just yesterday I was talking with someone who said he would be willing to try it if it cost around a $100 bucks.
We weren't talking but I said that yesterday as well :-)
Re: 23andMe raises $50M, cuts price to $99, sets goal of 1M genotyped customers
#6If their results are accurate to a degree, why are their tests not being subsidized by insurance companies. How much would an insurance co save by alerting a patient to her chances of getting diabetes, not to mention the money the patient would itself save.
Re: 23andMe raises $50M, cuts price to $99, sets goal of 1M genotyped customers
#7Wow, looks like the announcement was pretty popular, I'm getting a 503! Luckily I got in during the sneaky "price test" on Cyber Monday at 50 dollars, so I'm good.
At 50 dollars I would have been in right away. Too bad I missed out.
Re: 23andMe raises $50M, cuts price to $99, sets goal of 1M genotyped customers
#8If their results are accurate to a degree, why are their tests not being subsidized by insurance companies. How much would an insurance co save by alerting a patient to her chances of getting diabetes, not to mention the money the patient would itself save.
Who on earth would share their genetic profile with their insurance company? That's just asking for trouble.
Re: 23andMe raises $50M, cuts price to $99, sets goal of 1M genotyped customers
#9Blog's having trouble with the load; here's a direct link to the press release: https://www.23andme.com/about/press/12_11_2012/
Re: 23andMe raises $50M, cuts price to $99, sets goal of 1M genotyped customers
#10If their results are accurate to a degree, why are their tests not being subsidized by insurance companies. How much would an insurance co save by alerting a patient to her chances of getting diabetes, not to mention the money the patient would itself save.
Who on earth would share their genetic profile with their insurance company? That's just asking for trouble.
The same people who would install driving monitoring devices to lower their auto insurance[1]. Not everyone cares about privacy.
[1]: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/25/business/seeking-cheaper-i...