{"id":692,"date":"2019-04-17T08:54:40","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T12:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/?p=692"},"modified":"2019-04-17T08:54:41","modified_gmt":"2019-04-17T12:54:41","slug":"health-care-scams-loom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/health-care-scams-loom\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Care Scams Loom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Health is very important. To stay healthy, we may get the urge to try new health care products or medicine without knowing a lot about them. Unfortunately, health care scams loom. Below is what you should know about health and medical product scams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/files\/2019\/04\/Your-Health-Is-Important-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/files\/2019\/04\/Your-Health-Is-Important-1.png 940w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/files\/2019\/04\/Your-Health-Is-Important-1-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/files\/2019\/04\/Your-Health-Is-Important-1-768x644.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/files\/2019\/04\/Your-Health-Is-Important-1-358x300.png 358w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Health and medical product scams try to convince the\nconsumer that there is a \u201ccure-all\u201d medicine, treatment, or product at a very\nlow cost. These scams may surface as an email, an advertisement on the internet,\nor as a phone call. The scammers may claim to be linked to doctors or\nhospitals. The offers may look real, but the products could be fake and\nendanger a person\u2019s health. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Signs to spot a health or medical product scam:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/files\/2019\/04\/IMAG8180-1024x579.jpg\" alt=\"Medicine bottles\" class=\"wp-image-696\" width=\"241\" height=\"137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/files\/2019\/04\/IMAG8180-1024x579.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/files\/2019\/04\/IMAG8180-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/files\/2019\/04\/IMAG8180-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/files\/2019\/04\/IMAG8180-500x283.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>An unsolicited email\/advertisement offering a popular medication at a very low price.<\/li><li>The products are very cheap and offer \u201ccure-all\u201d characteristics.<\/li><li>The seller claims a prescription is not necessary.<\/li><li>You\u2019ve never heard of the product.<\/li><li>The mentioned doctor is not real.<\/li><li>There is no scientific data on the product.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>If you find a new health and medical product that you are\nunsure of, always ask a trusted and licensed healthcare professional about it. If\nyou find a suspicious healthcare website, do not give any personal information\nor financial information. Always do research and get the facts to stay informed\nand stay safe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you or anyone you know has engaged with a scam, please contact the Consumer Assistance Program at 800-649-2424.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contributing writer: Courtney Thayer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Health is very important. To stay healthy, we may get the urge to try new health care products or medicine without knowing a lot about them. Unfortunately, health care scams loom. Below is what you should know about health and medical product scams. Health and medical product scams try to convince the consumer that there&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/health-care-scams-loom\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Health Care Scams Loom<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4480,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[481474,505456,31353,505560,484616,482450],"class_list":["post-692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-consumer","tag-elder-protection-initiative","tag-health","tag-prescription","tag-scam","tag-scams","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4480"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=692"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":700,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692\/revisions\/700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}