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You try to get health insurance and provider denies you because you have an allele that makes you susceptible to lung cancer. Your DNA happens to be at the sce
by DevX101 7y ago
You try to get health insurance and provider denies you because you have an allele that makes you susceptible to lung cancer.
Your DNA happens to be at the scene of a crime (you didn't commit). Police do a DNA dragnet. Now good luck getting off that case.
- stevenwoo 7y agoOr worse, the police lab mistakenly identifies you as a DNA match. This happened for years in Houston and people got sent away for a long time before it was fixed
- weberc2 7y agoRegarding health insurance, we already prevent insurers from denying coverage based on preexisting condition. Surely we could pass a similar law to cover this case?
- ianai 7y agoAnd how many times has that protection been challenged by republicans? They’ve voted to repeal it in the republicans controlled house, the senate, filed lawsuits, and the AG stated overturning Obamacare as a goal of the DOJ.
- weberc2 7y agoIs this just a "Republicans are the worst" digression, or am I missing the relevance to this thread?