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GINA Series: Health Care and Genetic Testing [Page 4]

Started by Andrew Yates · 9 months ago

Recently, President Bush signed GINA, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, into law. GINA makes it illegal for employers or health insurers to discriminate based on genetics. Virtually the entire genetics community has lauds this legislation, yet few have written why its wrong that ... Continue reading »

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  • Drew,
    This is a well laid argument. I am in agreement that we should be proactive with health and wellness. Viewing pre-disease just as seriously as disease itself. I am not against insurers knowing your genome. I am against them raising premiums unfairly or dropping you altogether from insurance because of your genome. We all know that you are more than your genome, you are your environment too...... Unless Insurance will move you away from that highway or relocate you to a place with less dust mites etc....they should not be in the game of creating untouchable uninsureds.

    Thanks for the very well written post! And for mentioning our practices and my blog :)

    -Steve
    www.helixhealth.org

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